[Stewart Meadows]

‘Utter scum’: UK journalist slammed for suggesting Harry & Meghan should have named baby after George Floyd


7 Jun, 2021 13:53



An outspoken British journalist has caused uproar after she mocked Harry and Meghan on Twitter, suggesting the couple, who have frequently spoken out on racial injustice, should have named their baby Georgina Floydina.

In a widely condemned tweet on Sunday evening, journalist Julie Burchill poked fun at the newly born baby of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, suggesting Harry and Meghan should have chosen a more woke name than Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.

“What a missed opportunity. They could have called it Georgina Floydina!” Burchill wrote, before commenting “Oprah Beyonce!” and “I was hoping for Doria Oprah, the racist rotters” on her own tweet.

Her comments immediately caused a stir. One likened the tweet to a similar post by comedian Danny Baker, who posted an image of Harry and Meghan holding an ape after the birth of their first child, Archie.

Commenters labelled Burchill as “utter scum” and words to that effect, questioning how anyone could be so “racist” to a baby while mocking the memory of George Floyd, a convicted felon who died at the hands of US police in 2019.

https://www.rt.com/uk/525893-harry-m...me-journalist/