An academic who used the phrase 'the dreaded Meghan' while discussing the Sussexes' Oprah interview during a Zoom meeting has been hauled before a disciplinary panel and suspended.
Dr Anne Anderson was accused of using 'racist language' and an 'inappropriate' remark about the Duchess of Sussex during an informal online chat ahead of a lecture.
The 65-year-old was chatting with members about Harry and Meghan's sit-down with Oprah Winfrey days earlier and, referring to media coverage of the interview, noted: 'You couldn't turn the television on without some person of a colourful disposition having a moan about something.'
Days later she received an email informing she had been removed from the society directory for using 'racist' language and was told she had to face a disciplinary panel and hand over a copy of her lecture.