https://www.scmp.com/rss/509147/feed Dr Benjamin T. Jones is a lecturer in history at Central Queensland University. He has been an Australian Research Council Fellow at the Australian National University and has held teaching positions at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, and Western Sydney University. He has also worked as a historian at the Museum of Australian Democracy. He has a broad range of research interests including Australian and Canadian colonial histories, republicanism, Australian nationalism,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The most explosive element of the Sussexes’ highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey was the claim that someone within the royal household had “concerns” over how dark-skinned the couple’s son Archie might be. While Winfrey later clarified neither the queen nor her husband were behind the remark, Meghan also suggested their son was denied the title of prince because of his mixed race. The interview points to a larger issue of racism in the British monarchy, both contemporary and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3124772/britains-royals-cant-keep-ignoring-their-colonialist-past-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3124772/britains-royals-cant-keep-ignoring-their-colonialist-past-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:52:37 +0000