{"id":204851,"date":"2026-04-21T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204851\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:26:09","slug":"prince-williams-godmother-lady-susan-hussey-is-welcomed-back-into-the-fold-on-queen-elizabeths-centenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204851\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William&#8217;s godmother Lady Susan Hussey is welcomed back into the fold on Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s centenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"eRXMex0nkk\" data-wc=\"30\">Lady Susan Hussey made a rare appearance on Tuesday when she joined members of the royal family at a reception at <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/buckingham-palace\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buckingham Palace<\/a> in honour of the <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/896833\/royal-family-live-king-charles-queen-camilla-lead-celebrations-late-queen-centenary\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">late Queen&#8217;s centenary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eDG9sdvhwCd\" data-wc=\"43\">The former lady-in-waiting was seen having a conversation with the <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/duke-of-kent\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke of Kent<\/a> during the event and opted to wear a black dress. She was also present on Monday at an exhibition honouring the late Queen&#8217;s fashion choices, although she was not pictured.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ezPg4VVrDAB\" data-wc=\"47\">The event was held on what would have been Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s 100th birthday. Members of the royal family started the day at the British Museum to <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/896953\/king-charles-honest-verdict-queen-elizabeth-memorial-design\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">observe memorials<\/a> that will be dedicated to the late monarch, with <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/princess-anne\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Anne<\/a> opening a memorial garden at Regent&#8217;s Park.<\/p>\n<p id=\"efw2A35evFL\" data-wc=\"28\">Following the conclusion of these events, the festivities headed to Buckingham Palace where <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/king-charles\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> was joined by the <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince<\/a> and <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/kate-middleton\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess of Wales<\/a> among other family members.<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d8c0ad25ccfe-duke-of-kent-susan-hussey.jpg\"   width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Duke of Kent talking with Lady Susan Hussey\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\"\/>\u00a9 Getty ImagesLady Susan was seen joining the Duke of Kent<br \/>\nStepping down from duties<\/p>\n<p id=\"ePsGMfbvLBi\" data-wc=\"47\">Lady Susan, who is the godmother of Prince William, <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20221130158455\/prince-william-godmother-susan-hussey-steps-down\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped down from her royal duties<\/a> in November 2022 following allegations of racism. The comments were directed at Ngozi Fulani, chief executive of Sistah Space, who was invited to the reception on the topic of violence against women.<\/p>\n<p id=\"egeAgEee4mn\" data-wc=\"45\">Ngozi recalled the conversation on Twitter, describing it as a &#8220;violation&#8221; and said the experience will never leave her. She added said the household member challenged her when she said her charity was based in Hackney, saying: &#8220;No, what part of Africa are YOU from?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"eqMe-091JJa\" data-wc=\"59\">A palace spokesperson said at the time: &#8220;We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details. In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made. We have reached out to Ngozi Fulani on this matter, and are inviting her to discuss all elements of her experience in person if she wishes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eGLtZGy-PRqi\" data-wc=\"33\">Lady Susan met Ngozi weeks after the event, <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20221216159786\/lady-susan-hussey-apologises-ngozi-fulani\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offering her apologies<\/a> in person. A statement released confirmed that Lady Susan&#8217;s apology was accepted and that the conversation was &#8220;filled with warmth and understanding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/11992cb100b7-lady-susan-hussey.jpg\"   width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of the Royal Family attend a Requiem Mass catholic funeral service for The Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, died on September 4 \" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\"\/>\u00a9 Max MumbyLady Susan makes rare public appearances<\/p>\n<p id=\"epIAplT1mhVS\" data-wc=\"32\">A month after the apology, <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20230129162964\/king-charles-church-sandringham-reunited-lady-susan-hussey\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles was seen with Lady Susan<\/a> with the pair both attending the service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, although they arrived separately from one another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lady Susan Hussey made a rare appearance on Tuesday when she joined members of the royal family at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1432,9,24,63,122,124,123,1431,1245],"class_list":{"0":"post-204851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queens","13":"tag-queens-headlines","14":"tag-queens-news","15":"tag-royalty","16":"tag-the-queen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}