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Picture of Meghan Markle as chocolate-covered marshmallow causes stir

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 25, 2018 US fiancée of Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, talks with Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) as she arrives to attend a service of commemoration and thanksgiving to mark Anzac Day in Westminster Abbey in London. Thomas Markle, who has rocked Britain's royal family with a "will he, won't he" drama over his attendance at daughter Meghan's wedding to Prince Harry, is a shy recluse, thrust into the limelight against his wishes. The 73-year-old initially said he was too unwell and embarrassed to walk his daughter down the aisle on Saturday, according to US celebrity news site TMZ, after allegedly staging photos of himself for money and suffering a heart attack amid the ensuing furor. (AFP)
The company deleted the tweet but top-selling Bild newspaper reprinted it Wednesday, adding fuel to the controversy. (AFP)

Picture of Meghan Markle as chocolate-covered marshmallow causes stir

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A German confectionery company has apologized for tweeting a picture of a chocolate-covered marshmallow dressed up as bride Meghan Markle at her wedding to Prince Harry.

A spokesman for Dickmann’s Schokokuesse, a popular sweet in Germany especially among children, apologized for the picture depicting Markle, who has an African-American mother, as a chocolate-covered marshmallow with a crown, a white dress and wedding bouquet.

Meghan Markle as brown marshmallow stirs controversey. (Social Media)
Meghan Markle as brown marshmallow stirs controversey. (Social Media)

The company deleted the tweet but top-selling Bild newspaper reprinted it Wednesday, adding fuel to the controversy.

The chocolate marshmallow was linked in the past to racism, being widely known as the “Negerkuss” or “negro kiss” in Germany until about 20 years ago.

Company spokesman Bernd Roessler said Tuesday, the picture was “stupid and embarrassing,” German news agency dpa reported.

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