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Brown speaks up for Harry
Monday 12th January 2009, 12:10PM GMT.
Gordon Brown said today that he believed the public would give Prince Harry the “benefit of the doubt” over the furore in which the young royal was caught on film referring to a Pakistani platoon member as a “Paki”.
The Prime Minister said he believed the prince knew his comments were “unacceptable” but he believed in his apology.
He said: “I think the sincerity of his apology cannot be doubted. It was a mistake, he has made the admission of that and, once he has made his apology, I think the British people are good enough to give someone who has actually been a role model for young people and has done well fighting for our country, gone into very difficult situations with bravery, I think they will give him the benefit of the doubt.”
Palace officials said the 24-year-old prince was “extremely sorry and had been speaking without malice. The Army said it will not launch a formal investigation into the matter.
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For god sake this happened 3 years ago! If the person he was talking about never made a complaint then does it really matter??? He might be a prince but hes a typical lad just leave him be!!!!!!!!
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well said jock brown, but please explain why his comments were unacceptable.
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I agree good on Gordo for sticking up for the poor lad, at least he has not tried to make a political point out of it ala Cameron
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