Prince Albert statue on Kensington Gardens now deemed 'offensive' by Royal Parks for racial stereotypes

The Royal Parks has recently updated its website to address controversial aspects of the Albert Memorial in London.The organisation now acknowledges that the 176ft monument, situated opposite the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, contains "racial stereotypes" that are considered offensive by modern standards.In recent years statues of historically problematic characters have been taken down by protestors on the back of the Black Lives Matter campaign. At the height of the movement, the statue of slave owner Edward Colston was removed from its berth in Bristol and thrown into a river.