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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Friend of Meghan and Harry outraged as shop uses photo of Black men on plantation to advertise tobacco

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A shop in Surrey has sparked outrage for featuring a “racist” photograph of Black men working on a plantation above a tobacco display.

The image was spotted by a friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex while browsing for toys for his daughters.

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