Tower of London Beefeater fired for ‘sending racist joke to group of colleagues on WhatsApp’

A TOWER of London Beefeater has been fired for sending a “racist joke” to colleagues in a Whats­­-App chat.

Veteran Yeoman Warder Simon Dodd has frequently appeared on TV in his role — which he has held for 22 years.

Veteran Yeoman Warder Simon Dodd had featured as a Beefeater for 22 years GettyThere is a zero tolerance approach to racism at the Tower and Simon was sacked almost immediately[/caption]

But he was dismissed after several complaints over an offensive gag.