Another 'Sooty' leaps to Prince Charles' defence in racial row.Byline: ANI London, Jan 16 (ANI): A black chauffer nicknamed 'Sooty', who knows Prince Charles, has said that the Royal had no racist intention in calling an Asian polo pal "sooty". The Royal family found themselves caught up in a race row after it emerged the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles has been calling referring to Kolin Dhillon by the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. for years whenever they meet at Cirencester Polo club where they are both members. And now, Mike Edwards, 47, who has a white mother and Jamaican father, has come up to the Prince's defence. "There's nothing racist about him calling his polo chum Sooty," the Sun quoted him as saying. Mike, who has met Charles three times on farm visits near his base in Cambridge, has claimed that he gave himself the "affectionate" moniker. The dad of two added: "If someone is happy to be called Sooty by friends, that's their choice. It's nothing to do with people looking in from outside. To me the word Sooty generates visions of a cuddly, cute furry bear." (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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