Police drop investigation into Danny Baker over Royal Baby tweet
![Police have dropped an investigation into Danny Baker. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_114290349.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Police have dropped an investigation into Danny Baker. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire](/img/placeholder.png)
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.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide Ad![Police have dropped an investigation into Danny Baker. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_114290349.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Police have dropped an investigation into Danny Baker. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire](/img/placeholder.png)
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’.