Lily Allen retweets abuse over 'racist' complaint

Lily Allen has retweeted a series of messages criticising the singer for making a complaint to the Army over an alleged racist tweet.

On Wednesday morning she tweeted: "Just a few examples of the drivel I'm being subjected to for reporting that guy yesterday."

The Army has said it will investigate accusations that one of its soldiers made racist comments to her on Twitter.

One of the seven tweets Lily reposted calls her "low life scum".

Another reads: "Mornin lily, hope u had a gd sleep NOT!!!!!!! Hope u had the ‪#demons‬."

Others accuse her of being a "coke head" and defend 20-year-old Harry Wilson, whose account was used to make the original offensive tweet.

Lily first made her complaint to the British Army on 10 July.

She tweeted: "@BritishArmy do you condone @harrywil2010 racist comments? His profile says he is in the British Army. He needs disciplining."

The account in question has since been taken down.

A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson has said that it would first need to establish whether Harry Wilson is part of the Armed Forces.

"Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Lily. We do not condone racism. We'll investigate," tweeted the British Army.

The MoD said that anyone who fell short of the Army's high standards would have "appropriate action" taken against them.

The spokesperson added: "Racism of any kind is completely unacceptable and the Army has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of harassment and discrimination.

"We are aware of the alleged offensive comments and are investigating the matter. It would be inappropriate to comment further while this is ongoing."

Harry Wilson had claimed on Twitter that his comments were meant as a joke and "harmless fun".

His Facebook page has also since been removed.