It has been announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to receive an honor from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights foundation for taking a stand against "structural racism" within the British royal family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been commended by Robert F. Kennedy's daughter for "challenging" the "power structure" within the British monarchy.
Speaking of the honor to Spanish online news website El Confidencial, per The Telegraph, Kerry Kennedy said: "They went to the oldest institution in UK history and told them what they were doing wrong, that they couldn’t have structural racism within the institution; that they could not maintain a misunderstanding about mental health."
"Few would have the courage to question their colleagues, family, and community about the power structure they maintained, and this is what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have done," Kennedy added.
Kennedy added that the Sussexes "knew that if they did this there would be consequences... and that people would blame them for it," but that "they have done it anyway because they believed they couldn’t live with themselves if they didn’t question this authority.
"I think they have been heroic in taking this step," she concluded.
The former royals will receive the award on December 6, at the Ripple of Hope Gala in New York.
Despite this seeming like an occasion to be celebrated, some historians have been left confused as to why the couple is receiving such a prestigious award in Robert F. Kennedy's name.
As per Metro, Professor David Nasaw, the author of The Patriarch, a book about JFK and RFK’s father Joseph Kennedy, described the honor as "absurd," amongst other synonyms.
"I find it somewhere between sublimely ridiculous and blatantly ludicrous. It’s absurd," he said. "If you look at the people who have been awarded the Robert Kennedy prize in the past – Bill and Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Bishop Desmond Tutu – and then you have to ask what are Harry and Meghan doing here?"
He continued: "What in God’s name have they done to merit this? What percentage of Harry and Meghan’s wealth is going to worthy causes?"
Nasaw later added that Joseph Kennedy would be "turning in his grave" to see branches of his family "latching on to British royalty."
A very harsh critic, indeed.
Regardless of public opinion, it has been decided that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will claim their award early next month and will join the likes of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, who have previously received the honor.