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| Charles faces 'Sooty' name claim | Charles faces 'Sooty' name claim |
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| The Prince of Wales has been calling an Asian friend "Sooty" for years, it has emerged after the row over his son Prince Harry's use of a racist term. | The Prince of Wales has been calling an Asian friend "Sooty" for years, it has emerged after the row over his son Prince Harry's use of a racist term. |
| The prince uses the term as an "affectionate nickname" for a fellow polo club member, it is reported. | The prince uses the term as an "affectionate nickname" for a fellow polo club member, it is reported. |
| Clarence House refused to comment on the reports but said to suggest Charles was racist was "completely ridiculous". | Clarence House refused to comment on the reports but said to suggest Charles was racist was "completely ridiculous". |
| Prince Harry has apologised for using the word "Paki" to describe a member of his army platoon in 2006. | Prince Harry has apologised for using the word "Paki" to describe a member of his army platoon in 2006. |
| BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said it appeared Charles has been using the nickname for Kuldip Singh Dhillon for about 25 years. | |
| Mr Dhillon is said to be "utterly comfortable" with it, our correspondent added. | |
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| A member of the club spoken to by the BBC described it as a "longstanding affectionate nickname". | |
| He said: "I know the Prince calls him Sooty. It's not a problem on either side." | |
| A spokesman for Clarence House said they were not going to comment on the use of an alleged nickname at a private club. | |
| He added: "To suggest in any way the Prince of Wales is racist is completely ridiculous. | |
| "Look at the work he's done here and abroad. Consistently over 30 years he's called for greater tolerance and understanding." | |
| Cirencester Polo Club also declined to comment on the reports. | |
| On Sunday, Prince Harry issued an apology after the News of the World published a video diary in which he calls one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a "Paki". | |
| St James's Palace said he had used the term about a friend and without malice. |