Some Nigerians have expressed displeasure over the moment the newly crowned King of England, King Charles III, avoided a hand shake with a black man during his mother’s burial.
In the video which has gone viral, King Charles was seen avoiding giving a hand shake to a black man who was in the crowd of people lined up to sympathise with him on Monday, 19th September.
The king’s action sparked outrage on social media with many people questioning what the black man was doing at the event.
While some claimed it was not a deliberate gesture from the King, others are of the opinion that the new King might be a staunch ‘Racist’.
The video:
Reactions:
@PeratoN_Senior: “At Buckingham Palace King Charles III still treating Africans as slaves thats why he refused to shake hand with this poor African, thats why African presidents are using buses while European, US &other Western presidents can use their own motorcades.”
crd_liveth: “Not a mistake. He did it deliberately. Even when the man was still trying to hold onto his hand, u can see he waved him reluctantly. More like he’s not comfortable with him. So sad”
weeworldwide: “Wetin he go find there , if he dey find king to shake make he go e village”
sleeksofficial: “That was never a mistake, still finding it hard to understand this, why is he trying to shake him? Does that add any value to his life or money to his account, high time blacks pull up the we don’t care attitude that’s only when blacks will stop been ridiculed and seen as an ape by the .. some of us don’t gaf who you are and that’s how it suppose to be , everyone na king for their lane”
ninilowostore: “It wasn’t a mistake. Shebi na blacks dey over rate them na.”
arewa_babygirl: “People pls don’t start, he is definitely not a racist, it was an oversight”
rrichieasap: “Oh No !! It’s started. This is a big message to those in Uk”
ladyfinneey: “Wetin them go find there? Na their grandmama die? Nonsense”
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