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Prince Harry’s use of the word “Paki” about an Asian colleague is to be looked at by his commanding officer in line with “normal Army procedures”, the Ministry of Defence has said this week. The young royal was caught on film three years ago referring to a comrade as “our little Paki friend”.

An Army spokesman said: “The Army does not tolerate inappropriate behavior in any shape or form. The Army takes all allegations of inappropriate behavior very seriously and all substantive allegations are investigated. This specific case will be dealt with in line with normal Army procedures.” But the Army can not launch a formal investigation because an actual complaint has not been made, it is thought that the princes swift apology and the length of tome which has passed since the offence will all be taken into account and the Prince could face nothing more than a good ‘telling off’. 

But Harry has come under fire from politicians and race relations groups, including Tory Leader David Cameron saying it was completely unacceptable and it caused considerable offence. 

Cabinet minister John Denham said: “This sort of language can be seen as offensive, is offensive, is gradually going out of use in our society, and he’s apologized for it.”

St James’ Palace was quick to apologies when the footage was revealed on Saturday night and stressed that it was a “nickname about a very popular member of the platoon” used without malice.

The footage which was shot by the Prince – showed other cadets gathering at an airport for their flight to Cyprus and as he filmed cadets snoozing on the departure lounge floor, Harry said: “How to admin yourself while waiting for the RAF to square you away. Now that is bad admin, bad admin.” He then zoomed in on the face of an Asian cadet and said: “Ah, our little Paki friend … Ahmed.”

Prince Harry shouldn’t have used those words; it will have caused considerable offence and has obviously caused him a considerable amount of embarrassment. He has now apologized, quite rightly, and I think we should now move on.