The reporter presented BBC documentary The Princes and The Press, and made the remarks in 2012 for The Independent, a newspaper he previously edited.
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BBC journalist Amol Rajan once said the public role of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is 'total fraud' and called Prince Philip a 'racist buffoon.'
The reporter presented BBC documentary The Princes and The Press, and made the remarks in 2012 for The Independent, a newspaper he previously edited.
An open letter by Rajan called on Prince William and Kate Middleton to 'renounce the luxuries of royal patronage and aristocracy' after the couple announced they were expecting their first child.
The reporter claimed 'everyone will be a winner' if they chose to do so.
The reporter continued in his scathing letter, saying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do not have 'special claim on the glorious city of Cambridge' and called on them to 'quit pretending' they do.
In other columns published by Amol Rajan at the time, he described Prince Philip as a 'racist buffoon,' and Prince Charles as 'scientifically illiterate.'
BBC documentary The Princes and The Press has recently faced pressure from Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Clarence House, after accusations of bias.
The households felt the documentary contained inaccurate accusations about collusion with the media. Critics also felt many of the claims made in the series were allowed to go unchallenged by Rajan.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have chosen ITV over the BBC to broadcast a special Christmas carol concert after the corporation screened a controversial royal documentary, it has been reported.
The Westminster Abbey event was due to be hosted by the BBC the Sun newspaper reported, but it quoted a source which claimed the plans were switched to ITV after a row over the programme which examines William and the Duke of Sussex’s relationship with the media.
