The Queen's Celebration: Slavery Without Regrets

According to the official schedule, which included speeches and readings from the writings of abolitionist William Wilberforce delivered by a succession of dignitaries and church leaders, the next item was to be a recitation of the Absolution prayers, but suddenly there's this shouting black guy in a colorful African tunic out of his seat and storming up the central aisle towards where the Queen sat with her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, along with senior members of the government and their wives. This was an unrehearsed event in the ceremony. It was real.

"This service is a disgrace!" shouted the shaven-headed man. "It is an insult to Africa."

Within almost 10 feet of them, and pointing, he ranted on: "You are the Queen and the Prime Minister--this is all wrong. You don't have the decency, Mr Blair, to make an apology and the word sorry, and you, the Queen ... "

Abbey ushers and security-men rushed forward to tackle him as he roared: "I'm a proud African. Men of God should be ashamed. We should not be here. This is a white man's service--it is an insult to us. I want all the Christians who are Africans to walk out."

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