Fired Danny Baker apologises to Harry and Meghan and royal baby Archie after shocking ‘racist’ tweet (Metro)

Danny Baker has apologised to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby after comparing the newborn to a monkey in a shocking ‘racist’ tweet.

In a tweet sent minutes before he confirmed he had been fired from BBC 5 Live for the tweet, he claimed he ‘would have used same stupid pic for any other Royal birth or Boris Johnson kid or even one of my own’.

‘It’s a funny image. (Though not of course in that context.) Enormous mistake, for sure. Grotesque. Anyway, here’s to ya Archie, Sorry mate.Anyway, here’s to ya Archie.’

The 61-year-old broadcaster last night shared a picture of a couple leaving a hospital, holding hands with a chimpanzee, with the caption: ‘Royal baby leaving hospital.’ Read more

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