The most senior police officer of color in the UK has made the astonishing admission that Meghan Markle endured “disgusting” threats to her life when she was a member of the royal family. When Neil Basu told Channel 4 News that he had to deal with real threats from far-right extremists against Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry, it appeared as though he was reiterating Harry’s security concerns.
Harry returned to the UK from the US, he sued the UK government for removing his state-funded protection
Meghan and Prince Harry got married in 2018, left the royal family in 2020, and went to America. After working for the Metropolitan Police of London for 30 years, Basu, 54, is leaving from his position. He replied, “Absolutely,” when asked if there were actual dangers to Meghan’s life. “We sent teams to look into it. For those threats, people have been charged with crimes.”
Notably, when Harry returned to the UK from the US, he sued the UK government for removing his state-funded protection. For being sexist and racist toward Meghan, some media coverage, social media trolls, and online remarks have come under fire from Harry. In a subsequent interview with Oprah Winfrey for television in 2021, the pair continued to accuse the royal family of bigotry. Indian-born Basu criticized senior Asian-American Conservative lawmakers for using “horrific” language regarding immigrants.
He criticized Home Secretary Suella Braverman for referring to immigrants in a “inexplicable” manner
He criticized Home Secretary Suella Braverman for referring to immigrants in a “inexplicable” manner. She supported a contentious government plan to deport unsuccessful asylum applicants to Rwanda and had called Albanian asylum seekers “criminals.”
“It is unbelievable to hear a succession of very powerful politicians who look like this talking in a language that my father would have remembered from 1968. It’s horrific,” he said. “I was born in 1968. The ‘rivers of blood speech happened in the constituency next to where my parents lived and made their life hell. A mixed-race couple walking through the streets in the 1960s. Stoned,” he said. “I speak about race because I know something about race because I’m a 54-year-old mixed-race man.”
He admitted that his willingness to speak out on racial issues might have contributed to his exclusion from consideration for the position of head of the National Crime Agency.
