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The BBC said the tweet was a serious misjudgment that went against "the values we want to embody as a station".
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Last update: 9 May 2019, 16:08 IST
their baby, born Monday morning (Reuters) .
London : The BBC fired a British radio host who tweeted the image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothing under the caption "Royal Baby leaves the hospital".
Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth on Monday morning to a little boy, Archie, the first Métis child to be born in a high-ranking position in British royalty during recent history .
"I just got fired," Danny Baker, a BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster, said on Twitter.
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The BBC said the tweet was a serious miscalculation of "values" that we, as a station, want to embody ".
"Danny is a brilliant broadcaster but will not be presenting weekly shows with us anymore," the BBC said.
Meghan, whose mother is African-American and the white father, was the target of racist comments on social media in the past.
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