A lawyer who tweeted racist comments after the birth of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's daughter has been suspended by the firm she founded.
Family law barrister and former Olympic rower Joanna Toch, 59, mocked "black names", the Black Lives Matter movement, Meghan's mum Doria Ragland and Oprah Winfrey in her tweets.
Toch's employer, Family Law Cafe in Holborn, central London, said she has been suspended "with immediate effect" and an "internal review" had been launched.
The firm said Toch's comments were "offensive" and "unacceptable" and "highly contradictory" to the "inclusive manner" in which it works with its clients.
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Meghan, the first mixed-race member of the modern monarchy, and Harry named their daughter, who was born last Friday, Lilibet “Lili” Diana in a nod to the Queen and Harry's late mum, the Princess of Wales.
Controversial journalist Julie Burchill, 61, tweeted shortly after Sunday's announcement: “What a missed opportunity. They could have called it Georgina Floydina!”
Her tweet referred to George Floyd, who was murdered by then-police officer Derek Chauvin in the US city of Minneapolis last year.
His death sparked outrage and black rights protests in cities around the world.
Last year, Meghan said "George Floyd's life mattered" in a speech to the graduate class at her former high school in California.
Mum-of-two Toch wrote in response to Burchill's tweet: “No Doria? Don’t black lives matter?”
Burchill, a 61-year-old Telegraph columnist, replied: "I was hoping for Doria Oprah, the racist rotters."
Toch, whose account is no longer online, replied: "Doprah?"
Furious Twitter users blasted the pair and reported Toch to her employer.
About three hours after her initial tweet, Toch issued an apology, writing: “I am very sorry for the comment and what I saw as a joke.
"I’ve fought during my professional life against racism which is abhorrent. I’m not a judge and I have children of colour and I apologise unreservedly.”
Burchill later wrote that she called the Sussexes' baby "it" as a "nod to non-binary b*******" amid calls for her to apologise and erase her tweets.
Family Law Cafe announced on Monday that Toch had been suspended.
The firm's board of directors said in a statement: “Family Law Cafe Limited has suspended Joanna Toch with immediate effect pending an internal review into her recent comments on Twitter.
“FLC considers her comments as offensive, unacceptable and highly contradictory to the inclusive manner in which FLC has always and will continue to work with members of all communities in managing the challenges of matrimonial and family disputes.”
The Mirror contacted Family Law Cafe on Tuesday, but it declined to comment further.
Toch founded Family Law Cafe in 2015 and is a director of the firm, according to a Companies House listing.
Burchill's Twitter account was no longer active on Tuesday. She had tweeted saying she planned to "leave" the platform amid another row.
Racial equality activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu was among those who condemned Burchill for her tweets about Lilibet.
Dr Shogbamimu wrote on Twitter: "Archie was compared to a Chimpanzee at birth. Lilibet, at birth, is used to poke fun at racial killing of #GeorgeFloyd.
"This is Racist. She's referred to as 'IT'.
"The utter disrespect & dehumanisation of #HarryandMeghan children because of their proximity to 'Blackness' is Racist."
Actress Kelechi Okafor added: "What a nasty thing to say about a newborn baby.
"Archie had the same treatment when he was born and likened to a chimpanzee.
"Brits swear they're not racist but things like this keep happening??
"Likening baby Lilibet to George Floyd is to hone in on the fact she isn't fully white.
"The same people will pretend they never considered Meghan to be Black and thus their unexplainable hatred of her has nothing to do with race."
She added: "She refers to Lilbet as 'it' even though it has been announced that the baby is a girl and she could've addressed her as such.
"Disgusting scenes."
In March, Burchill wrote a 600-word apology and agreed to pay substantial damages for abusing journalist Ash Sarkar on social media.
Burchill admitted making racist, misogynistic and defamatory comments about Ms Sarkar on Twitter.
Burchill's publishing deal for a book about cancel culture was cancelled after the publisher saw her tweets.
During their bombshell interview with Oprah in March, Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, laid bare their brief lives as a working royal couple, alleging that a member of the Royal Family - not the Queen or Duke of Edinburgh - made a racist comment about their unborn son.
Oprah was left open-mouthed when the American duchess said a fellow royal was worried about how dark their son Archie's skin tone might be before he was born.
