Queen's India-born representative quits over controversy

September 12, 2015 20:44

An India-born representative of the British Queen Elizabeth II has resigned after his leaked personal emails showed him saying British-Pakistanis must be taught "basic common courtesy and civility".

Paul Sabapathy, Britain's first non-white Lord Lieutenant representing the Queen in the West Midlands for eight years, made the remarks in an email after attending an event at the Pakistan consulate in Birmingham on August 14 to commemorate Pakistan's Independence Day, the Guardian reported. Apparently unhappy about the lack of respect he and colleagues were shown as the Queen's representatives, he said: "Pakistanis are lovely people individually but there is a lot of work to do to teach them basic common courtesy and civility."

He went on: "They talk to themselves and do not engage with the wider community. They are living in the UK not Pakistan. Whilst being rightly proud of their Pakistani culture and heritage they need to explain better and engage more with their non-Pakistani brothers and sisters if they want their children to succeed as British Pakistani citizens."

Sabapathy, who was born in Chennai and moved to the UK in 1964, was the first non-white Lord Lieutenant.

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