Livia Giuggioli Firth is making a dramatic public statement.
The 56-year-old Italian activist, who was married to Colin Firth for over two decades, shared a video to social media, revealing that she is returning her MBE and tearing up the accompanying certificate because of Donald Trump‘s recent visit to the United Kingdom.
“In 2019 I was given this MBE honour for my services in trying to make the fashion supply chain a more just and less deadly place to work for garment workers across the world. Although I stand against the British Empire and remnants of that toxic system, I accepted the honour on behalf of the many garment worker activists who had educated and supported me,” she wrote in the caption.
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“I also had great respect for King Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales, and his decades battling on behalf of social and environmental justice. As I write this, we see that horrible excuse of a human (called Trump) in full flow at the UN General Assembly, his poisonous rethoric amplified and legitimized,” she continued.
“I have been reflecting on his visit to the UK last week and I am afraid I can’t reconcile the way he was appeased and honoured and, again, legitimized. In fact, last week’s display showed me nothing of those values I thought King Charles upheld – or its spirit. Rather, a frightening and cowardly display of appeasing someone who stands for the obliteration of the natural world and the most vulnerable people on earth. Because I can’t reconcile those two positions, I have shredded my honour and I am returning it to sender.”
“I know so many honourable, decent British people who will be unable to reconcile their deeply held values of fairness and justice with the grotesque pantomime we witnessed. I think it’s only by taking a stand that we can make our feelings known. Yours sincerely, Livia Giuggioli (Firth),” she concluded. Watch above.
Trump was honored with a lavish state banquet during his visit earlier in the month, and was commended by King Charles in a speech.
He is currently threatening to sue ABC, and is making unproven claims about Tylenol causing autism.
