Prince Harry ordered to diversity program after homophobic, racist remarks
(London) Prince Harry has been ordered by the British military to attend a diversity training program following an investigation into a video of the third in line to the throne making homophobic and racist remarks about members of his Army platoon.
A senior military source told the Mirror newspaper that the …
Prince Harry has homophobia licked: gay rights campaigner
Prince Harry, under fire over alleged racism, received rare praise from a leading gay rights campaigner Wednesday who said he was “liberated and enlightened” for kissing and licking a male friend.
Harry, a serving army officer, was widely criticised earlier this week after footage emerged of him describing a colleague as a “Paki” in 2006.
The video, obtained by the News of the World tabloid, also includes images of Harry on a night out with friends in which he mouths to one soldier: “I love you” before kissing him on the cheek and licking his face.
Another extract shows Harry asking a colleague how he felt after an army exercise, adding: “Gay, queer on the side?”
But Peter Tatchell, an Australian-born human rights activist who made his name focusing on gay rights, said he had no problem with Harry’s use of the word “queer” and praised his show of affection.
“For him to happily give his soldier friend a public kiss and lick his face strikes me as rather liberated and enlightened, for a straight man,” he said.
“If only more heterosexual men were relaxed about same-sex affection like Harry, the world would be a better place.”
Tatchell added: “The context and intention of words is crucial in deciding whether they are offensive or not. I don’t find anything objectionable about the context in which Harry used the word queer.”
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Prince Harry faces probe over homophobic, racist remarks
(London) The British Army began a probe Monday into homophobic and racist remarks made by Prince Harry about members of his platoon.
The slurs were made and captured on film in 2006 while Harry, the third in line to the throne, was a cadet at Sandhurst, the royal military college. The …
