Prince spouts jargon says ex-equality watchdog

PRINCE Harry comes across like a ‘1980s polytechnic lecturer’ over his claims of structural racism in Britain, claims the former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Trevor Phillips OBE, founding chair of the EHRC, accused the prince of ‘empty jargon’. Harry this week told of his ‘awakening’ to race issues, as he accused Britain of holding back people of colour.

Mr Phillips said: ‘I feel sorry for Harry when he uses terms like “structural racism” that he doesn’t appear to understand and which make him sound like a 1980s polytechnic lecturer. It’s the sort of empty jargon you’d expect him to be fed by the fashionable types behind this appeal.’ He also took issue with the prince’s claim that the capital was not as diverse as it seems, saying: ‘Two out of every five Londoners is non-white. Diversity isn’t so easy to miss in the capital.’

He also said that Meghan’s revelation that she didn’t know the UK held a Black History Month ‘reminded us how little she learnt about Britain’ – as it was first celebrated here in 1987.

Mr Phillips said: ‘Unlike many, I have always wanted them to succeed. The symbolism of their mixed-race union could have sent a potent message to the world that in this country at least, we have found ways to bridge the racial divisions that risk destroying other societies.

‘They’re the kind of people who can pontificate and tell us how much they care but who don’t have to wrestle with the problem of running a country and tackling these issues. But if they want to use their star power for good they need to change their production team pronto.’