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# Royal Representation | Insider

> Source: [Royal Representation | Insider](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YH1Z_uT8Llw)

## Summary

In this Insider panel discussion, Princess Sarah and Princess Keisha share their personal journeys to royalty, discuss the importance of representation of Black royalty in media, and address misconceptions about royal life. They also touch on the British monarchy's handling of racism and the role of monarchy in society.

### Key Points

- **Princess Sarah's Discovery** [00:30] — Princess Sarah, adopted into an all-white family in West Virginia, discovered her royal heritage in her early 20s after seeking her biological family. She found her birth father in Sierra Leone and learned that her family runs a chiefdom of 70,000 people.
- **Princess Keisha's Marriage** [02:10] — Princess Keisha became royal by marrying a Crown Prince from the Yoruba Kingdom in Nigeria. She did not know he was royal until he proposed, and she met his mother who revealed the family's royal history.
- **Favorite Fictional Princesses** [04:38] — Both princesses cite Princess Tiana from Disney's 'The Princess and the Frog' as a favorite, emphasizing the importance of representation for Black and brown girls seeing themselves as royalty.
- **Representation in Media** [07:38] — The discussion highlights the need for more representation of Black royalty in TV and movies, noting that while shows like Bridgerton are a start, there is a long way to go. Princess Sarah mentions her memoir 'A Princess Found' and plans to turn it into a movie to shift the narrative from slavery to royalty.
- **Misconceptions About Princesses** [16:32] — Princess Keisha addresses the misconception that princesses don't work or have ambitions, sharing her hashtag 'The Working Princess.' Princess Sarah adds that princesses have responsibilities and projects, such as public health and education initiatives in Sierra Leone.
- **Surprising Aspects of Royal Life** [21:36] — Both princesses note that their day-to-day lives are often ordinary, like taking the train or shopping at Target. They also highlight that people are often surprised to learn that royalty exists outside the British monarchy, including in Africa and Asia.
- **British Monarchy and Racism** [29:32] — Princess Keisha comments on the British monarchy's handling of racism, referencing Meghan and Harry's experience. She suggests the monarchy needs to be open to hearing different perspectives and acknowledging issues to become more inclusive.
- **Importance of Monarchy** [36:55] — Princess Keisha argues that monarchy is important for preserving culture and history, but its longevity depends on fairness and justice. She cites the French Revolution as a cautionary tale.
- **Wishes for the Future** [38:33] — Princess Sarah wishes for more representation of all cultures in leadership positions. Princess Keisha wishes for Black royalty to be widely known and accepted as normal, emphasizing that Black people originated from royalty, not slavery.

### Conclusion

The panel underscores the critical need for accurate and positive representation of Black royalty in media and society, challenging misconceptions and advocating for a broader understanding of royal heritage beyond the British monarchy.

## Transcript

using the zoom q a feature we'll try our best to answer them towards the end of this event which is scheduled to last approximately 30 to 40 minutes you can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag Insider events and now
tip introduce princess Keisha and Princess Sarah to our audience I'd love summary of who you are and how you became Royal or in Princess Sarah's case how you discovered you're a royal princess Sarah if you'd like to go first
sure first of all thank you so much for having me and it's so interesting how I found out that I was a princess some people you know you're born into royalty and know your whole life but I was adopted into an all-white family in West
Virginia here in America and I didn't know a lot about my biological Roots know a lot about my biological Roots until I was in my early 20s and I said look like I want to know medical history and I went on this journey not knowing
where it was is going to take me and I found my birth father in Sierra Leone um unfortunately my birth mother had passed away of cancer she's a white have been about 11. so I didn't get to meet her but I got to see pictures and
hear stories and learn about her and then I got to go to Sierra Leone and meet my birth father the entire tribe welcomed me with hundreds of people singing and dancing and when everyone parted all the women came forward
wearing this green dress and similar to what I had been given that morning and they were singing We're preparing for Sarah so I found out that my family runs a chiefdom of 70 000 in Sierra Leone and that I'm a princess in this country so
being adopted in West Virginia to head to West Africa that was a whole new world that I've been living now for the past 15 plus years well what a fascinating story uh truly amazing and Princess Keisha could you
share a little bit about your story and how you came to be royal uh yes so I'm princess Keisha hi first I want to say thank you so much again to Insider to you Michaela and um princess Sarah such a pleasure to share this panel with you
thank you guys for putting this uh amazing panel together and for wanting to shed light and share light on black royalty so we appreciate you and um so my name is Princess Keisha I am an actress and Mom I'm also the founder of
the crown of curls which I founded in London in 2017. I am a public speaker London in 2017. I am a public speaker obviously and I how did I become Royal um by marriage I married a Crown Prince at a bio kunle
adebayo omilana he is the Crown Prince from the iRig bubble wool ruling house from the iRig bubble wool ruling house epichu ijesha Yoruba Kingdom in Nigeria I did not know that he was Royal when I met him we were just dating enjoying our
single lives and then when he proposed I met my mother-in-law for the first time and she was like oh my princess my princess and of course I just thought that she was like saying it as a term of endorsement and then later she told me
the history of you know who she is and who her husband was and whom my soon-to-be husband would be and I was literally floored and blown away because I had been dating this guy for two years and he kind of just forgot to mention
that oh that sounds like a true Coming to America story that's beautiful he's like I just want you to love me for me that's so beautiful that's exactly what he said
and of course we met in New York City which is very similar to Coming to uh Union Square though that's the only slight difference but yeah he actually when I asked him you know you kind of left that big feature out you know and
you know meet someone you say oh you know by the way I am and I I totally understood what he was saying and what he meant and and I understood the who truly loves you for you and not for who they think you are or what you you
have and and I I can only imagine what that has to be like when everyone knows who you are so you have to have your guard up at all times I mean I know what standpoint just from a relationship and business standpoint so I I understand it
business standpoint so I I understand it now but I did not when we were dating amazing you both have such fascinating fascinating origin stories and you know know the options out of the way I was hoping we could kick things off with a
quick quick Icebreaker so you know as real life princesses I'm sure audience would love to know do you have a favorite fictional princess and I'll go to princess Sarah first you know it's so hard I was thinking
about this fictional princesses so I have to say you know I always refer to Disney because Disney always has all these wonderful princesses um I dance I I do love um Tiana of course because seeing
ourselves represented on screen to me is just representation is everything so I think that that was really exciting so I definitely that's important to me and I also love Ariel I just think she's pretty Fierce and I just love her but
there's so many princesses so I'm kind of a combination of both but definitely Tiana amazing and what about you princess Keisha well it's literally the exact same I mean for me it's always been
about Princess Tiana I'm saying always as if she was always there but and it's always because for for me when I watched the movie Princess and the Frog with my daughter the I just still vividly remember her reaction when we're
watching it and she's looking at at the at the screen and then she's looking at me and she's looking at the screen and then she's looking at me and then she she going she goes to the mirror and she's looking at herself and she comes
back and she's like she's a black princess just like you and me mommy it was just so sweet that she was for her it was like wow I'm looking at someone that looks like me and who's also a royal like myself and like my mom and I
just was like wow just thinking how amazing that was because and that is for her because for her that's normal and that's the norm and that's her world and that's what she knows but then I think about all the beautiful black and brown
girls that didn't have that or don't have that and how sometimes you're um is sometimes unfortunate that you can only see you don't see yourself which going back to what princess Sarah said representation matters and it is huge
when they can see themselves represented in a proper manner and an accurate Manner and when it's a positive way as well because it's uh very much necessary
for children not just children but for everyone to know that black royalty existed before slavery did so for a lot of young girls and just for a lot of people in general that's the only history they know of blacks are just the
slavery part but they don't realize that royalty was there first it's still there it's very strong and I think that message needs to be felt it needs to be heard and it needs to be portrayed in an accurate way so that children can have
that experience that my daughter did seeing themselves represented very well said and I love that you're going into this topic princess Keisha because it's something that the three of us have spoken about extensively and we
will have an article coming out about this sometime soon about the representation of black royalty and you know we've spoken in that article about how you know there there is beginning to get a little bit more representation uh
you said um TV shows such as bredgerton but we know there is a long way to go princess Sarah how do you feel about the current representation of black Royals and television and movies
television and movies I think that we need more I think the merrier um and I think there's no more that's needed because um like you were saying they're Royals
all over the world of so many different backgrounds and ethnicities and so on and cultural backgrounds that are so interesting to learn about whether it's a Japanese Princess um whether all the different princesses
that are in Saudi Arabia all the different princesses that are on the continent of Africa I mean we could go on you could have princesses for days and never end because there are so many of us and I think that the
representation it's kind of just scratching the surface and there's so much more that can be done so I'm excited and I'm I'm really pushing for things I'm working on with the book that I co-wrote a princess found it's kind of
back there in the back if you can see it um and we're working on turning that into a movie and it's a memoir and and learning about the ideas especially inside of America there's a conversation that we're always we're only descendants
from slaves and we're actually descendants from Africans so inside the movie we're working on creating we're working on Shifting The Narrative that actually were from royalty we're from kings and queens and mothers and fathers
and sisters and daughters and lawyers and everyone and we're brought to different places all over the world and made slaves but that's not where we began that's not our origin story and that's not all of who we are as slaves
so we're really excited about the movie and also excited about the process of of Shifting The Narrative which is extremely important in creating more representation and understanding so black and brown girls can actually go oh
wow I can be part of this this is part of my history so I think it'll be really special amazing and Princess Keisha did you have anything else to add on this topic no I mean I I agree with what princess Sarah
was saying just uh as I was sharing the story about uh Dior my daughter uh it is she's hurt for from her perspective uh and because of the knowledge that I have taught her and from where she comes from she knows that uh blacks did not start
as uh slaves but as as I mentioned a lot of children are taught that that's all history books some are saying that you take an African-American studies class and there's so much that people are like oh I they they have no idea what our
history really is um I do know and feel that it's intentional and um it's it's sad that that that's the case but um we meaning black people did not just
come from slavery so again I I it's like I feel like I can't say that enough but um as far as black Royals being currently represented in the representation we definitely need more more and more and more and I I do feel
that the interest is there I feel that more and more people are becoming aware and they're they're wanting to search for more knowledge and that's why I'm very very happy and proud that you uh Insider decided to put this panel
discussion together it's a great way to express representation what better way express representation what better way to have black royalty represented in a truthful setting and um than having two black Royals sitting on a panel giving
you their stories giving you their experiences giving you their culture and um and from our mouths and from our perspective it's not being told by the lens of someone else it's actually being told by us which is really what's needed
thing that we haven't seen I'm I'm thrilled with like black panther and with Princess Tiana but all of those their their fiction and it's different when you're actually sitting on a panel discussion with Royals so I'm looking
forward to having more of these type of conversations and having Keynotes and um TED talks and all of that about this topic because it's it's necessary absolutely and you're just mentioning there about wanting to kind of divert
away from fiction and learn the real stories it made me think of Princess Sarah your Memoir and how that would be a great resource for people that would like to learn a little bit more about who you are and where you've come from
so for anyone that's watching that maybe hasn't read your Memoir or didn't even know that you had written a book could you tell us a little bit more about it and and you know how it came to be sure sure thanks for asking um so the
sure sure thanks for asking um so the book came to be because I you know it's interesting we started talking about I I just said you know I think it's important for people to know this journey and the story and and the
struggle that sometimes we deal as with as human beings around identity and so at growing up kind of being adopted into an all-white family in West Virginia not looking like anyone around me even though I had so much love and wonderful
friendships and an Incredible family I was very aware that I looked different than everyone around me and then go growing up and then going to West Africa going to Sierra Leone because the book is a a juxtaposition if you will between
my life and my birth father's life up until you up until we meet so one chapter you're in Morgantown West Virginia for four or five pages and boom the next chapter you're in Sierra Leone and the child soldiers are scouting The
Village to attack because it's right at the beginning of the blood diamond war the beginning of the blood diamond war that went on from 1991 to 2002. so it's kind of fascinating to see the parallels of what's happening to both of us
at the same time we're in different countries but what's happening parallel together and we move forward together and then when we meet somewhere in the middle of the book then it goes forward together with my birth father's voice
tribe learning about the culture learning about their traditions and learning about the Paramount Chief my great grandfather and grandfather were Paramount Chiefs and
um they were knighted Justice of the Peace by the Queen of England and my thousand so there are a lot of responsibilities and my other uncle is now the president in the country so we're working on all kinds of projects
around public health education technology and female empowerment and we're working on digging Wells so the book is actually the beginning of all of that how it all got started from childhood dealing with my identity
childhood dealing with my identity growing up learning more about my birth family and taking my parents who adopted me to Sierra Leone and all of us working together after this war and and really having two different cultures come
together that didn't know each other from West Virginia to West Africa coming together to move forward I think that's a exciting conversation about diversity diverse voices coming together and and that's kind of what the book is about
fantastic and you know as a memoir writer yourself a royal Memoir writer I wondered princess Sarah if you had had a chance to read Prince Harry's Memorial or if you you know your thoughts on it if you've heard anything because the
past couple of months it's been you know all anyone can talk about you know what's interesting I don't know if princess Keisha I have not read it yet I feel like I can speak on that at all now when it's on Oprah's Book list I'll read
it no I'm just joking but no I I have not read it yet um I'm sure it's fascinating and challenging and really interesting but um I actually have not read it yet no worries yeah absolutely I understand
like you know you would just want to be able to speak if you have read it totally understandable um shifting gears a little bit I just have a question for princess Keisha or princess Sarah please feel free to leave
a question in the Q a feature in Zoom or if you want to get involved in with the conversation on Twitter use the hashtag Insider events and now for the next question I have for both of you I'd love to ask well first of all princess Keisha
and your experience what would you say are the biggest misconceptions people are the biggest misconceptions people often have about being a princess
the biggest for for me I feel the biggest misconception about princesses is that we don't want to work or that we don't have dreams or goals or that we think for ourselves or that we're not independent
um I I think that um I it's a it's a very big uh misunderstanding and misconception and that's why I worked really really hard to um
uh that so basically on my social media platforms my hashtag is the working princess and there's a very big reason for that because I find that people have dinners and have dinner parties and look beautiful and and we do we have
dinner parties we look beautiful there's a time and place for all of that um and and we do it well but at the same time there's nothing wrong with being independent uh being a feminist having um causes that you want to uh fight for
or bring light to or raise funds for and uh and that you like to work uh it should be okay that if you're a royal and you uh want to act or you want to model or if you want to um not not even just anything in the
a job outside of your Royal duties which is very much it goes back to uh Royal duties and if rather you're going to step down or if you're going to take part in our case my husband and I we step down from Royal duties because it
gives us the freedom that we want to have to change the world and make it a better place if you do have real duties you then are bound to the tradition and the culture and those traditions and cultures have been set in place for over
500 years and they're still being practiced today so it would be very very difficult for one to Express themselves in the way that they culture if you are taking on Royal duties so stepping down and being able
duties so stepping down and being able to shed light in a way from your perspective and from from what you're thinking and what really sets your heart on fire that might be outside of tradition and culture the only way to do
that is if you step down so as a royal and as a princess there's many misconceptions but for me I think the best not the best but the one that I personally receive the most is oh wow you you really want to work on that or
oh you're still actively oh I saw you oh you're modeling or oh your act so they're always kind of like shocked and uh I I know that it's not just me so they I feel that the their perception of what royalty is is not always accurate
and it could just be because that's what you know they see and that's all they know but we we are very very um
we have many many talents and many interests I love that yes I Echo that that's so wonderful so are you I you didn't call on me but I just want to say I I Echo everything that you
said and I think one of the misconceptions is that um misconceptions is that um that that we don't also everyone's different in some in my family in Sierra Leone there are certain responsibilities
that I have to the chiefdom into the country as far as the work that we're um as I mentioned around public health education technology and female empowerment so these are different projects that we're working on
um however so we're getting sanitary pads for girls we're digging Wells that are getting clean drinking water and we're working with a lot of different people to mobilize Rotary International um different organizations other ngos to
make all this happen and my dream is to have clean drinking water in the entire um but I think people think that we're just sitting on a bed of pearls and diamonds and just twiddling our thumbs and there's nothing to do and I also
think that it's very true what princess Keisha said that we do have lives we do have things that we do outside of our roles and I um I'm A diversity Equity
inclusion and belonging speaker I speak also on leadership and inspiration and I work on projects in the entertainment industry as well so I'm flying I was just meeting with some folks at Nasa last week to talk about
their diversity Equity inclusion and I'm going to do a presentation with them and have kids learn about cultures around the world so we do have jobs we do have
things that we take on inside of our passions and we aren't just um our role isn't just to our communities we do have lives outside of it as well amazing we've just had an audience
question come in which is kind of along the same lines as what you're both you know speaking about but if you can think of anything that you think would surprise people about what it's really like to be a princess I think some of
that but if you can think of anything else for your audience that might have these kind of questions for you I think of uh well for one going back to
I think of uh well for one going back to uh What uh or adding on to what princess Sarah was saying even we have a multi-faceted lives and we have a great interest and we have causes that we're working on and uh but
sometimes for me my day-to-day life is just very non-royal they may be surprised that they may find me on the train one day or they may be surprised that I like shot when I'm in the U.S oh my gosh I love Target you
might find me at Target so sometimes it's like people feel that oh if you're a celebrity or if you're a public figure or if you're a royal your your life is only this so that it's very easy for them to kind of put you in a box or in a
they think you're going to eat all the time or where they think you're going to shop all the time or what causes they think really mean uh something to you and a lot of times your day-to-day life is very much like theirs and we do have
responsibility we do have causes that we are that mean are near and dear to us into our heart that we want to express to the world and we have ways that we want to change the world in our own way but at the same time sometimes our
everyday lives really are just ordinary I think that would surprise a lot of people I know another thing that I think is a surprise another thing that I think is a surprise is that we are princesses I think when I
say I'm princess Sarah people it depends if people have read about me or something then they'll be like oh you're a princess but I think so often the princesses there are African princesses there are there are other princesses
other than the royal family in England I'm like yes there are so I think that's the biggest surprise is that there are people that look like us that are because you know we were talking about
representation the more and and I want to acknowledge you all again as Princess Keisha did thank you for creating this to let people know that we are here that we do exist that we're doing things in the world that we want to make a
difference and we are making a difference and and representation is so important but the big surprise for from people often is like oh there's royalty outside of the the British rolling ruling family I'm like there's royalty
and all through Europe as well you know it's not Asia it's not Asia uh you know so I think um that kind of exposure is important and uh just want to Echo thanking you all for bringing
that to fruition for people absolutely and that was actually a question I was going to pose to you both later because you know you both grew up in the US where people do so say royalty with Britain even though they are so
many royal families across the world and Princess Keisha how do people often react when you use your title because you know you've lived in many countries all over the world so I'd just be curious to know about about those
experiences as well as at home in in the US well it's uh most of the time if I'm being honest um people don't really react because I don't really go I don't say who I am on
a day-to-day basis for um my day-to-day life as as mom as wife um my day-to-day life as as mom as wife I'm just Keisha but when I'm on the red carpet if I am promoting a crown of curls or our new business that we're
launching in Europe cultural Network then I am of course addressed as Princess Keisha but in that setting uh people are expecting to see they know who they're going to be mixing and mingling with at that event
mixing and mingling with at that event so it's expected but there are and have been a few times where actually let me rephrase that most of the times people have Googled me after knowing me for some time and that's when I get the
some time and that's when I get the reaction if I'm being honest because I personally don't go around saying oh I'm princess Keisha you must bow when you speak to me like you know that's just not how my I am and it's not how my
husband is and I I usually take my cue from him he's very humble he's very from him he's very humble he's very quiet he's very chill and we take our role and our bloodline extremely serious but at the same time
if we are doing uh some if we're doing Royal duties in a way by which we want um some calls that we mean something near and dear to us then we are Highness and we're going in that direction but if we're just doing
something simple like a birthday party for our daughter or a pick School pickup or just normal everyday things that fathers and and moms and husband and wives do we're we're just uh kundli and Keisha but when it's something very
Keisha but when it's something very special about being able to see who uh a person truly is when they interact with you for months or years and you and and then they find out who you are most of the time that's how we can truly know uh
what what's in the heart of of someone because once they Google they'll come and oh my gosh you did not tell me that you were Princess Keisha all this time we were talking you never mentioned and so you know for those that just you you
they how can we get involved what causes are you uh working on what are what are you doing uh what can how can we help do you have that and then you have those that you know sometimes all of a sudden want to be extra friendly or you know
with your daughter or you know so I I actually like the fact that we are in the public eye but not so mainstream to where people automatically know who we are to where we can kind of lay low and just you know be ourselves and really
get to the heart of who people are when they interact with us and it helps as a the parasites amazing good time and Princess Sarah I'd love to know do
you use your royal title on a daily basis or does it depend upon what event and who you're speaking to it actually does depend does depend um I do share it when especially when
I'm I give the example when I'm talking to students because I didn't use the title for a very long time because I didn't want exactly like princess Keisha she thinks she's better bow to me and then I started talking to different
friends and they said okay some black and brown girls need to know that there talking to the students they need to know your middle high school you know 11 12 13 year old kids high school students they need to know you're a princess so I
do pick and choose and and let people know in different places and when I'm out in the world representing in a certain way and sometimes you just want certain way and sometimes you just want to be Keisha or Sarah and not have that
right some people want to get to know you because of the title and some people um it's interesting so sometimes I don't use it at all either so I I dance with use it at all either so I I dance with it exactly it is it is a dance it's like
here it's like we wear different hats we're all of it all the time but we get to choose when we actually want to use it and when we don't exactly yeah it and when we don't exactly yeah fantastic now many people in recent
years have criticized the British Monarchy returning a blind eye to racism but for that be for not doing enough to acknowledge and apologize for its Colonial past or more recently not defending Megan from the you know
arguably racist treatment from the British tabloids Oprah interview you can see Harry and Megan have talked about that in detail princess Keisha I'd love to know what are your thoughts on this and do you
what do you think the monarchy can do to improve itself and become more inclusive improve itself and become more inclusive uh well yes I well it's it's common knowledge that uh colonialism has destroyed a lot in Africa but uh I
actually thank God for the Royals in my kingdom in the face of colonialism we were able to keep our traditions and uh that were passed down from our ancestors intact and so therefore and thereby the European Kingdom has become a spiritual
home for all Europe all around the world and for those that want to learn more about the Yoruba culture so um as an American who's married to a Crown Prince that is Yoruba I am still learning this Rich history and I'm I'm
grateful for it and I feel as if the more that you learn and the more that you experience racism firsthand the more you want to stand up and and speak on it uh speak out against it and make a difference so when I look at Prince
Harry and Megan for uh speaking out they're speaking out from their personal perspective I don't really think that they were necessarily criticizing the British monarch it was more of them sharing their their experience which
they have also stepped down from Royal duties I think it's important for people to note that when you are in um a royal establishment or the firm or however they want to or however you
would like to categorize it or phrase it you really are bound to the tradition and to the culture and so that doesn't really give you the freedom to be able to speak out on things that you may not like or may not want to do it doesn't
cause that is near and dear to your heart but because that's not part of the agenda or part of what you're supposed to stand for or speak on according to the tradition and the culture and so when you choose and this is a very tough
decision to make but when you choose to step down from Royal duties it doesn't mean that you're turning your back or turning a blind eye or or giving up you are always when you're Royal and it's in your blood it's in your blood you are
royal you're never not going to be royal and you can then when you step down fight for the causes that mean something great to you and that are near and dear Princess um Megan it Duchess is it dutches Megan
I forget Dutch is the suffix right uh and Prince and Prince Harry that is what I believe that they are doing and I I support it I I I see it because it's what Prince coonley and I have done on a on a different scale but
it's very similar to that and so I think um the British monarch what they can do to change first the first thing to do is to realize that there's a problem or realize that there's an issue or be open to hearing uh another person's
perspective about you know what is happening the very uh the only way to make any type of change or to make some inclusion is to actually be honest with with what's going on and then be open to the change that you need in order for
change to happen so that's what I really think should happen really it's just that they just need to be more open I think that these conversations are important I think the conversation that we're having
today will open up a few eyes and then of course you're always going to have some people that are just gung-ho into their thought they don't want change they don't see any problem they want everything to just stay how it is but if
you're into some if you're in an institution or if you're involved in anything be it a royal family be it a job a marriage whatever it is if you're unhappy or if you're experiencing things that you don't feel is right you have to
speak up you have to speak out you have to say something that's the only way that change is going to happen is if you're open and if the other party is open to hearing what you're saying and you're able to speak up for yourself and
have those conversations and not all the time is it criticism a lot of times it's just look this happened I didn't like how this made me feel or I didn't like um uh is there any way that we can come together and and change this or is there
any way that we can do it this way because I really feel passionate about and sometimes the answer is yes sometimes it's no and if it's always no decision on if if this is something you want to stay in and when I say that I'm
talking about as far as when you're in the royal family and an institution you have to be aware that you are a part of something bigger than you so either get
on with it and uh and do it or gracefully step down fantastic answer to that amazing um just a quick reminder to our audience
left a few more minutes left with Princess Keisha and Princess Sarah so if you do have any questions before we wrap up make sure to put it in the little q a box for us
and on to our next question I'd love to ask you princess Sarah if you've been keeping up with the British Monarchy since King Charles took the throne and if so what do you make of him as the Numark you know what's so interesting is
that I I always think about this inside of um the people that live in the place so in saying that when I when I went to Sierra Leone I I went there and met my
birth family and met the tribe and started working there but how I had to learn about what's best is coming from America I had to ask the people on the ground and get all the diverse voices to hear and understand and really know
what's happening so inside of Charles I feel like to answer that question I would love to talk to people there to see what are your thoughts inside of his leadership and because I live here in America and go back and forth to Sierra
Leone and travel to different countries I'd love to get other people's input because I feel like like princess Keisha was saying people's speak from their was saying people's speak from their experiences right and I don't know what
because I don't live there I don't know what his experience people's experience of him exactly are so I would want to talk to people and say what do you think talk to people and say what do you think about him being the new king so
absolutely no that makes perfect sense and in terms of monarchy as a concept I'd love to ask you both do you feel monarchy overall is it important to society because you know as we know in recent years many monarchies not just
the British have you know been called into question over whether it's still relevant I mean especially here in the UK since Queen Elizabeth passed away and so I'd love to know what princess Keisha what is your view on this
um yes I I feel that um well monarchy is a um is is it's very tricky but here's why yes I I feel that the monarchy is important but the reason I feel that is because it really really supports the
culture and there's it's really the best way or one of the most popular ways that way or one of the most popular ways that personifies history and and Nations the Tricky is because at the same time they're not politicians so it's very
important and it's always it will only work if it's being used by way of work if it's being used by way of fairness and Justice so justice then obviously it's not going to work that has to be maintained so the
longevity in my opinion of any monarchy really depends on how they're maneuvering between being fair and being Justice and if they're not applying that and if they're not sharing showing that then uh the monarchy is is going to fail
or going to crumble because the people are going to revolt against it it takes me back to thinking of what happened in France in France the people revolted against the monarch because they failed to have fairness and Justice and to this
day now there is no monarchy in in France but it it was due to the lack of France but it it was due to the lack of fairness and the lack of justice so if that can be maintained then I feel that monarchies are great but it's also
important to know that monarchies do not rule today they only Reign so that that's a big difference amazing and we only have a couple of minutes left so I love to um one of our final questions to be an
audience question which has just come through um and the person has asked what is the one thing you hope for or wish for either for you personally or as a princess or perhaps as a female business leader um I'll go to your princess Sarah
first um thank you what I wish for um I love this question thank you for asking whoever asked it I think I wish to have more representation of all cultures
everywhere in the world whether it be in government positions in in the boardrooms with corporate with the corporate world um and having those voices be heard so the people of the world are really being
served rather than just certain voices always being heard but having diversity in the voices being heard everywhere in the world even in my family's chiefdom often sitting with all the men and we're making all the decisions and I say wait
a second I'd like to talk to the women let's talk to the children let's talk to the amputees after the Civil War how can we have diversity of thought well having backgrounds with diverse experiences that's how to do it that's what I want
to see in the world amazing and Princess Keisha what about uh that's such a great question what do I wish uh wow well right now if I'm
being honest I wish that we have more opportunities like today being able to sit on a panel with black royalty this is my one of my biggest wishes is that it's not Taboo it's not oh wow it's not really there's a black princess I want
this to be so well known and so uh familiar and so regular that it's it's it's a joy to just look up and on the panel you've got you know princess of Ethiopia princess of Gotham and all these beautiful countries princes in in
India and there's so many Royals from all around the world Asia in Asian roads you have uh Asian Royals Japan you have uh so many Royals in the in in the
continent of Africa alone there are so many Royals in every in countries there and the fact that there are people here that still don't know that or it's a shock to them or when you say that you're you know the princess in Nigeria
they're like oh really I just wish that more people were open to realizing that there's so much more to royalty than the British monarch and we when we come in
all colors all shades um and we are brilliant we are fighting um and we are brilliant we are fighting for amazing causes we are putting um our stamp are making our Mark in this world in our own way we're giving back to
Charities some of us are doing things boldly and loudly and and projecting exactly what we want and saying the names of everything a lot of us are doing it quietly and secretly just helping here and there but putting our
money where our mouth is and that is what I wish that more people would be aware of so that we it's not a shock to anyone and it becomes the norm to know that black royalty exists and more importantly that that is not that it
exists but that's where it started that's really what I wish that that everyone knew that we as black people were Royals and we were beautiful in the beginning that is exactly how we
started we were created we were born into royalty we came from Kings we came from Queens we had beautiful beautiful country resources that everyone is using country resources that everyone is using today and we did not just descend from
slavery slavery is a part of our uh black history speaking of that as this is February 27th this you know only one more day of Black History Month in the U.S but here's a piece of history for those that didn't know black people
originated from royalty we did not originate from slavery that is a part of our story but it is not the beginning of our story so my wish is that more people would understand that more people would know that and that that agenda and that
know that and that that agenda and that uh that knowledge is out there more so I again would like to thank The Insider family for putting this panel together because is like the first step in a giant step forward with getting this
from our mouths it's coming from our experience as Royals and um that's my experience as Royals and um that's my wish Keisha I just want to say I think you and I should connect and create
and I should connect and create something yes make that happen and and I something yes make that happen and and I just this call and the zoom and and when we spoke I just think that that's that's the way to do it I think that's we can
actually be part of making that happen we can we could yes it could start with the two of us you know of anyone that's listening both princess Sarah and I are keynote speakers and you know Insider we listen I'm just going to put it out
there because Michaela is by far one of my favorite interviewers amazing listen I don't really give my story or share too much we're very quiet and very humble and we kind of just keep to ourselves and enjoy our lives and travel
enjoy our freedom but anytime Michaela calls she's the only one that Alicia my assistant knows that is always is most it's like 99.9 always a yes yes because
I I feel safe with her and I know that she is coming from the angle of good she is coming from the angle of good truth truthful journalism not click bait not something that you try to get them to say but you knew that wasn't how they
meant it but you cut it and pasted and edit it to where it sounded like I'd so when it comes to you and I princess Sarah doing this we Michaela if you would like to be on board yes Michaela we want you as a partner you're the
we want you as a partner you're the recruiter it we're going to have you know like five six seven Royals on the stage oh
yeah beautiful would that be to have her Asian princess a Pakistanian princess I mean there's just I mean the list goes on there's so many beautiful Royals in this world and I would love to share that panel and share that stage with all
of them yeah amazing thank you both this has been amazing and for your kind words princess Keisha and Princess Sarah I hope this is the beginning of a new project for both of you and you know
whenever you get something started just give me a call Insider would be happy to you know shed some light some more representation and to you know help educate people on what you both are working on so thank you very much and
you know we're just running out of time so I just have to say thank you again princess Keisha and Princess Sarah for this amazing conversation I've thoroughly enjoyed it and I know our audience has too and thank you to all of
you our audience for tuning in the discussion doesn't have to end here you can share thoughts on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag Insider events and please be sure to follow Insider for more of our coverage on the
Royals and Beyond and just giving you a little note on our next Spotlight event that's scheduled for March to honor International women's day you can join Shona gosh deputy editor of taking careers for her guests on transforming
the norm which is a conversation on Innovation technological change and education in the digital age and how that can help achieve gender equality thanks again for joining please for audience at home make sure to take our
screen any second I'm Michaela have a great day and a fantastic year and thank you again thank you princess Sarah I'm going to be thank you princess Sarah I'm going to be in those DMS let's do it bye thank you