Prince Harry addresses institutional racism at Diana Awards, says it is 'still endemic'

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Prince Harry addresses institutional racism at Diana Awards, says it is 'still endemic'

The oral communication, made via video bulletin, came on what would have been the 59th birthday of the prince'southward mother, Princess Diana.

Prince Harry stressed the need to tackle institutional racism during a speech communication he recorded for Wednesday's (Jul 1) ceremony in London for the Diana Awards, a clemency for young people set up to honour his late mother.

In a video message shown in the virtual ceremony, the Duke of Sussex said that "institutional racism has no identify in our societies, yet it is still endemic."

"My wife said recently that our generation and the ones earlier the states haven't done enough to right the wrongs of the by," he said. "I, also, am deplorable – sad that we oasis't got the world to the identify that you deserve it to be."

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The spoken communication came on what would have been the 59th birthday of Princess Diana, the prince'southward mother. She died in a Paris car crash in 1997, when Harry was 12.

Harry paid tribute to young people being recognised at the ceremony for their work on race and injustice, proverb he saw the "greatest hope" in them amid the sectionalization and anger in the world.

In 2016. Harry accused the media of harassing Meghan, his then-girlfriend, and criticised "racial undertones" in some coverage of her. Meghan'due south female parent is black and her begetter is white.

She gave a speech last calendar month to students at her old high school in Los Angeles following the expiry of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The couple now live in Los Angeles with their son, Archie, after they quit as senior working royals earlier this year.

(Source: CNA/AP)

Prince Harry addresses institutional racism at Diana Awards, says it is 'still endemic'

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