A Baltimore attorney is causing a stir after purchasing a bicycle that previously belonged to Princess Diana for a display on white supremacy.
The anti-realist, Barry Glazer, 76, brought the vintage bicycle for roughly $ 80,000 (£ 56,532) at auction in East Sussex in April.
The idea is to display it as part of an exhibition detailing the “basic racist roots” of the British royal family, according to Glazer’s law firm.
After the auction, the firm told Road.CC that the exhibition will take the form of a monument, within a building linked to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
Glazer, the law firm continued, was “disturbed” by recent television coverage of Prince Philip’s funeral and believes that “the Royal Family’s claim of superiority is rooted in the logic of white supremacy.”
He also claimed that “the logic is the same with racism: if wealth, honor and respect can be earned by the mere accident of birth, then surely the advantages of being white as a result of the same accident of birth can easily be justified” .
The bicycle, a blue Ladies Raleigh Traveler from the 1970s, was described by the East Sussex auction house as a “symbol of Diana’s oppression … something she loved to be taken away,” according to The Sunday Times.
It is alleged that the Royal Family forced the princess to sell the bicycle before marrying Prince Charles in 1981 because it was unsuitable for a member of the Royal Family.
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Glazer’s wife, Nadge, told The Times: “The royal family thinks they are too good to associate with this type of transport that ordinary people use.”
“They consider themselves better than ordinary people and that is the basis of racism,” added the 34-year-old. “It is the opposite of what this country represents.”
Glazer, famous in Baltimore for being eccentric, faces criticism for buying the Raleigh and for “showing off for clickbait.”
“Rather than show off for clickbait, I would urge anyone truly interested in creating a more equitable society to volunteer their time and money to organizations on the ground,” historian Amanda Foreman told The Times.
The Independent se has approached Glazer’s firm for comment.
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