The shamed DJ was immediately sacked from his job on BBC Radio 5 Live after tweeting a photo of a chimp in reference to Prince Harry and Meghan’s newborn son.

The image – showing a well-dressed monkey standing between an equally smartly-clothed couple – is said to have implied the primate is Harry and Meghan’s child.

Baker expressed his regret over the tweet, saying he had not intended it to be construed as a racial remark about Baby Archie – claiming he was instead making a reference to class.

But he later acknowledged how it could have offended some black people and said he regretted sending it.

However, it is thought the Metropolitan Police is now looking into the incident after a complaint was made.

Without naming Baker, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “An allegation has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Thursday, 9 May in relation to a Tweet published on the 8 May. 

“As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers.”

Baker has apologised for the tweet, although said he thought the BBC had “thrown [him] under the bus” by firing him.

He said previously: “Following one of the worst days of my life I just want to formally apologise for the outrage I caused and explain how I got myself into this mess.

“I chose the wrong photo to illustrate a joke. Disastrously so.”

He added later: “I would like once and for all to apologise to every single person who, quite naturally, took the awful connection at face value.

“I understand that and all of the clamour and opprobrium I have faced since. I am not feeling sorry for myself. I f****d up. Badly.

“But it was a genuine, naive and catastrophic mistake. There is of course little media/twitter traction in such a straight-forward explanation.

“The picture in context as presented was obviously shamefully racist. It was never intended so – seriously who on earth would ‘go there’?”

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