Former First Lady Michelle Obama was one of many celebrities who recorded messages of gratitude and congratulations for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, which were broadcast at the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace. While many of her admirers praised her, others criticized her for honoring someone whose family has ties to a colonial institution.Obama added in a shorter version of the video shared to her Twitter account on Thursday, "Your Majesty, I'm giving you my deepest congratulations on your Platinum Jubilee." "Your graceful, steady hand has set a brilliant example of dignity, service, and elegance for us all over the years. Thank you for a great 70 years."
Obama also thanked the queen for helping her feel at ease the first time she visited Buckingham Palace as a frightened first lady with her husband, former President Barack Obama, in a longer version of the film that aired during the show.In response to her remark, Twitter user @antedelopean said, "A hundred years ago so that we wouldn't have to give a s*** about this things."
Twitter user @Mrs LeeJ remarked, "She's no longer a First Lady and has no duty to do this." "With the history this family has caused, why would she post this?"
"Congratulations to the poster family of colonialism, imperialism, and its countless terrible impacts on the so-called colonies, their cultures, etc., as well as the establishment of a traitor class to run the 'former' colonies," tweeted Twitter user @girlsoldier333.
Others, on the other hand, defended Obama. "The Queen is the Head of State of the United Kingdom," tweeted user @EllPezz. "All US presidents, first ladies, and others recognize the significance of this." "It appears that you don't."Since Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, revealed what they viewed as racist treatment from the royal family while they were working royals, discussions concerning the British royal family's history in colonial, frequently race-based persecution have been more heated.An anonymous family member had "expressed worries" about their then-unborn child's racial hue, the couple told Oprah in a shocking interview last year. They also alluded to discussions regarding whether or not their children would be given titles. When challenged about the charges at an event a few days later, Harry's brother, Prince William, declared, "We are not a racist family."
When William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, went on a royal tour of the Caribbean earlier this year, the discourse about colonialism reached a fever pitch. The journey ended with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness publicly declaring the pair that his country wants to leave the Commonwealth of Nations, of which Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state, after a series of public relations gaffes.
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