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The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Evening Standard slips up with prostitute gaffe

Evening Standard
The London Evening Standard issued this apology after saying in error that Rachel Garley was a prostitute.

In newspapers, as in life, there are apologies and then there are apologies. In the case of the London Evening Standard, this one to Rachel Garley, the girlfriend of the late artist Sebastian Horley who the paper referred in error as a prostitute, must rank as the finest in many a decade (hat tip @chrishams). Normally on such occasions Monkey is moved to declare, there but for the grace … But in this case, how on earth?!

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