Prince Harry, 29, a captain with the Army Air Corps who has served on two tours to Afghanistan, has previously confessed to smoking cannabis when he was a teenager. However, he has never been accused of taking cocaine or any other class A drugs.
Former head of the Army Lord Dannatt told a Sunday newspaper: ‘It might have been said as a joke but the suggestion is outrageous. It is a very unfortunate joke to make and most inappropriate.’
Tory defence minister Anna Soubry added: ‘That is disgraceful, shoddy, appalling and out of order. Prince Harry does an outstanding job in the Army and always goes the extra mile to help wounded service personnel and veterans.
‘Jo Brand should not have stooped to that level and both she and the BBC should apologise. It is a really cheap shot at somebody who has no right of reply and they know will not sue for libel.’
A Clarence House spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘We wouldn’t comment on something like that.’
However, the BBC said in a statement: ‘Have I Got News For You is a satirical news quiz and the audience is used to the often irreverent humour. This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek comment.’
It is the latest in a series of blunders by the BBC over their coverage of Prince George’s christening.
Jeremy Paxman forgot Kate Middleton’s title as he announced her return to public life on Newsnight last week, while BBC News was also criticised for treating the occasion as a ‘tail-end afterthought’ on its six o’clock and ten o’clock bulletins.
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