Prince Harry says an allegedly racist tweet posted by a veteran broadcaster was one of the first things he saw after the birth of Archie.
, Prince Harry, 38, recalls how a “photograph of a couple with a chimp” was posted by a member of the media, adding: “and at the top it said ‘Royal baby leaves hospital’.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
He was fired by the BBC over the fallout from his tweet, which he said was a “stupid unthinking gag” that he insisted had no racist undertones. It prompted a furious backlash online after the arrival of Britain’s first royal mixed-race baby, with Baker trying to excuse it by saying: “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. Soon as those good enough to point out its possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that’s it. Now stand by for sweary football tweets.
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