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Star faces backlash over coronation comments
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ridgerton star Adjoa Andoh has sparked
upset among viewers following her comments on the King’s coronation that the Buckingham Palace balcony was “terribly white”, with more than 4,000 complaints filed with communications regulator Ofcom.
The actress, 60, had been appearing live on ITV’s coverage (inset above) of the celebrations on Saturday when she watched King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive on the balcony alongside their family to wave to the public and remarked: “Looking at all those young people, there is a bit of me that has gone from the rich diversity of the abbey to the terribly white balcony. I’m very struck by that.”
The comment has since become the most complained about moment of the year so far, reaching 4,165 complaints as of last week according to the UK watchdog. In a statement, a spokesperson for Ofcom said they were assessing the complaints against their broadcasting rules “before deciding whether or not to investigate”.