Danny Baker has been sacked from his role at the BBC after he tweeted a joke about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son using a picture of a monkey.
Harry and Meghan, whose mother is African American, revealed on Wednesday that their new arrival was named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Baker, 61, posted a now deleted black and white photo showing a man and a woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee, with the caption "Royal baby leaves hospital".
Following a backlash and allegations of racism, he later apologised, writing: "Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the post 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."
Just got fired from @bbc5live.
— Danny Baker (@prodnose) May 9, 2019
For the record - it was red sauce. Always.
And in a tweet posted on Thursday morning, Baker said: "Just got fired from @bbc5live."
A BBC spokesperson said: "This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny is a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us."
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