Police drop investigation into Danny Baker over Royal Baby tweet

Police have dropped an investigation into Danny Baker. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

POLICE have dropped an investigation into broadcaster Danny Baker over an allegedly racist tweet about the royal baby.

Baker was sacked from BBC Radio 5 Live for tweeting a joke about the Duke and Duchess Of Sussex's son featuring a picture of a chimpanzee.

His tweet came on the day Harry and Meghan, who is African-American, welcomed their first child, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.

Danny Baker fired by BBC over ‘racist’ Royal baby tweet

Scotland Yard said the force had received an allegation in relation to a tweet posted on May 8 but confirmed today it would take no further action.

A statement said: ‘An allegation was received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Thursday 9 May in relation to a tweet published on 8 May.

‘Having reviewed the comments made, we do not consider that a criminal threshold has been met and as such we will be taking no further action.’

Baker, 61, was accused of racism after tweeting a black and white image showing a well-dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee, which he captioned: ‘Royal baby leaves hospital.’

The DJ apologised for the tweet, saying it was an attempt to ‘lampoon privilege’.