As the world sees Baby Sussex for the first time, we welcome in a new Golden Age for the Royal Family

Benjamin Wareing
6 min readMay 8, 2019
Newly released photograph of the Duke and Duchess’ son. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/ Press Association

The day when Barack Hussein Obama made his first words as the first black President in United States history, the countries raw and unparalleled history of slavery, colonialism and racism saw its strongest light at the end of the tunnel. A man who, just because of the colour of his skin, decades prior would never hold the highest office became the world’s most powerful leader. A black man, a black role model, and a black leader with morals and values that ushered in an age of tolerance and progressivism. It was a landmark moment in modern history.

The day Nelson Mandela finished a monolithic three hour speech with: “During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all people will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and to see realised. But, My Lord, if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die,” in 1964 the world would forever change. Imprisoned but eventually elected President of South Africa, Mandela’s words spoke power to defiance and rejection of racism and unjust norms. It was a landmark moment in modern…

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