In one of the more telling incidents in the brouhaha surrounding the suppression of news reports concerning Charles Windsor and his former chief of staff, Trevor Phillips, chairperson of the Commission for Racial Equality, has appeared on Channel Four’s 7 o’clock news to defend the futile attempts to stop publication.
Labour Party member Mr. Phillips, who is paid by the people of Britain to tackle racial discrimination, appeared uncritical of the constitutional arrangement that ensures that the nation’s highest office is filled only by white people. He told the news presenter that he had been acquainted with the heir to head of state for many years.
Mr. Phillips’ parents emigrated to Britain from the Caribbean, two of the many immigrants who helped changed the ethnic make-up of this country. Neither they nor their children may hope to hold the country’s highest public office, however, as only members of Mr Windsor’s family are eligible to be head of state. Mr. Windsor is due to succeed his mother when she dies or resigns.