Service police launch investigation after offensive pix of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding are leaked from a WhatsApp group.
Soldiers at the exclusive forces base in Hereford are being investigated over racist memes consisting of one of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding.
Royal Military Police have been called in last week after images from a WhatsApp team showing derogatory and racist images and video had been leaked.
At least three troopers belonging to the Army Air Corps (AAC) are understood to be the focus of the carrier police inquiry.
Two pics and a screengrab from a video had been leaked to the Daily Mail. One was a mocked-up image from Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s wedding. The new photograph had superimposed the head of a black man on that of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Another doctored photo confirmed a black man’s forearm with the description “truck drivers’ suntan opposition winner”.
An photograph taken from a video of a naked and elderly Afro-Caribbean woman was also shared by way of the group.



No date has been given for how long the Special Investigations Branch, a discrete element of the Royal Military Police, will take to conclude its work. Should misconduct be proven, disciplinary action, together with discharge from the forces, may want to be taken.
‘We are aware of offensive comments’
The AAC unit at Hereford is accountable for working many of the helicopters that aid Britain’s exclusive forces gadgets primarily based there and some other place round the UK.
The AAC at Hereford flies Dauphin 2 helicopters exceptionally in the counter-terrorism role, for which the plane are painted in civilian livery so as now not to attract attention if deployed to the scene of terrorist attacks.
A navy supply informed the Mail: “The images and captions being shared in the team had been moronic. They don’t realise how offensive this kind of material is to black troops.”
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “There is no region in the Armed Forces for any structure of racist view or behaviour. Any recreation which falls brief of the high requirements of the Armed Forces is unacceptable.
“We are conscious of offensive feedback and photographs posted with the aid of carrier personnel on a WhatsApp group. These are being investigated by the Army so it would be inappropriate to comment similarly at this time.”

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