King Charles, Queen Camilla Awkward Meetings With People of Color Go Viral

Queen Camilla's awkward interaction with a Black child left social media users re-watching tricky moments for King Charles III and Kate Middleton.

The Queen Consort was filmed during a visit to a pre-school lifting up a little girl's arm by her sleeve.

While some felt she was attempting to look at the girl's bracelet, which she had commented on, others criticized the interaction.

In the aftermath, a video containing three other clips of royal family members has gone viral on Twitter and been viewed over 149,000 times.

Prince William Says Royals Are 'Not a Racist Family'

The first clip in the sequence shows Prince William being asked by a Sky News journalist whether the royals were a racist family, four days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview.

The Prince of Wales was on a visit to a school in Stratford, East London, at the time, in March 2021, and replied: "No, we're very much not a racist family."

He was also asked whether he had spoke to Prince Harry and said: "No, I haven't spoken to him yet but I will do."

William's stance differed from Queen Elizabeth II's official response to the Oprah interview, released by Buckingham Palace days earlier, which said the royals were concerned about the allegations of racism contained in the tell-all.

Elizabeth's statement read: "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

"The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.

"Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members."

Kate Middleton's Royal Tour of Jamaica

The next clip shows the Princess of Wales during a difficult tour of the Caribbean which saw protests in Jamaica and an indication from the country's Prime Minister of a desire to pursue greater independence from the British monarchy.

The footage was shot in Trench Town, Kingston, on March 22, 2022, as Kate watched young footballers play a match with Prince William.

A woman attempts to take Kate's hand while the princess appears momentarily reluctant to reciprocate. It is not known what the two women were discussing or whether anything within the conversation would better explain the interaction.

The visit at the time sparked a different colonialism controversy after Kate and William were pictured shaking the hands of children through a wire mesh fence.

King Charles III Shaking Hands After Queen Elizabeth II's Death

Charles is also seen in the montage greeting members of the public, in London, on September 17, in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death.

The king appears to miss out a black man in the crowd before shaking a white man's hand, with one Twitter user at the time stating: "This guy did it deliberately."

Others pointed out Charles had shaken the hands of other black people during the walkabout: "King Charles III shook the hands of many black people on that day lol nice try at racism click bait."

Footage of the moment was viewed 10 million times on Twitter and liked almost 180k times.

Queen Camilla Awkwardly Holds Child's Sleeve

The Queen Consort visited Barnardo's Nursery, in Bow, East London, to give out Paddington Bears and teddies left in tribute to Elizabeth after her death.

During the engagement, she joined some children as they played and she spoke to a little Black girl about her "pretty" bracelet, on Thursday, November 24.

Footage that showed Camilla lifting the girl's arm by her sleeve went viral and some on social media also commented on a photograph of Camilla hugging another young girl.

Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author This is Why I Resist, wrote on Twitter: "The way Camilla holds this child's hand is very disturbing. I've a strong itch to slap her hand right off. What the hell did she think she was doing to this Black child?"

Another Twitter user wrote: "Many of the Barnardo's children have already, heartbreakingly, suffered abuse, trauma and loss around adults.

"Camilla did 100 percent the right thing—she was tentative and gave the child autonomy in their contact. Eventually she DID get the little hand. Bravo Camilla, you did well."

The Royal Family and Racism

The royals have sparked regular debates about racism since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview in March 2021 accused an unnamed royal of expressing concern about how dark the couple's unborn child's skin might be.

Many of those incidents, including the ones clipped in the Twitter montage, have gone viral, in some cases earning millions of views.

The account behind the Twitter montage appears to use the three awkward moments to challenge Prince William's rebuttal of Meghan and Harry's allegations.

The relatively large audience the royal racism debate still gains on Twitter more than 18 months after Oprah suggests the issue is not going away.

The risk of further moments like these is one Prince William and Kate may want to be aware of as they prepare to bring the Earthshot Prize to Boston on Wednesday, November 30.