By: Alyssa Wilson According to newly discovered documents, advisors to the Queen of England banned 'coloured immigrants or foreigners' from serving in clerical roles until the 1960s. The papers show how Buckingham Palace negotiated controversial clauses exempting the Queen and her household from laws preventing race and sex discrimination, The Guardian reported.  The National Archives discovered the papers as part of an ongoing investigation into the royal family's use of a parliamentary procedure known as the Queen's consent.   In the 1960s, government ministers tried to introduce laws that would make it illegal to deny employment to a person based on their race or […]

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