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The BBC has fired a presenter who tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption \u201cRoyal Baby leaves hospital\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth, in the early hours of Monday, to a baby boy, Archie, the first mixed-race child to be born into the top hierarchy of British royalty in recent history.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust got fired,\u201d Danny Baker, the broadcaster with BBC Radio 5Live, said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The BBC also reported the news, though a spokesman for the BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The 61 year-old 5Live presenter was accused of mocking the duchess\u2019 racial heritage.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesperson said: \u201cThis was a serious error of judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The corporation added that Baker\u2019s tweet \u201cgoes against the values we as a station aim to embody.<\/p>\n

\u201cDanny is a brilliant broadcaster, but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

After an initial backlash on social media, Baker said: \u201cSorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoon as those good enough to point out its possible connotations got in touch, down it came; and that\u2019s it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan showed their son to the public for the first time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan, whose mother Doria Ragland is African American, revealed on Wednesday their new son was named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n

The royal couple announced the names on their official Instagram account, but did not say why they chose them or whether the infant will hold any royal titles.<\/p>\n

Archie, who is seventh in line to the British throne, is expected to hold dual citizenship of Britain and the U.S.<\/p>\n

Congratulations have poured in from well-wishers in Britain and other countries, including many celebrities, since Meghan gave birth to the boy weighing 3.26 kilograms.<\/p>\n

Harry, 34, is the second son of the heir to the throne, Prince Charles.<\/p>\n

Harry married former actress Meghan, 37, in a spectacular wedding at the royal Windsor Castle in May 2018.<\/p>\n

The queen and Philip now have four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Prince William, who has three young children with his wife Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, welcomed his younger brother to \u201cthe sleep deprivation society\u2019\u2019 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The queen\u2019s grandfather, King George V, changed the royal family\u2019s name from the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor \u2013 after Windsor Castle \u2013 in 1917 during World War I.<\/p>\n

Philip also changed his name during World War I after his grandfather, Prince Louis of Battenberg, adopted the family name Mountbatten.<\/p>\n

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