London Evening Standard apologizes for calling woman a prostitute

The London Evening Standard issued an apology for wrongly calling the girlfriend of artist Sebastian Horsley a prostitute:

In our diary article “Museum finally signs its deal to be fine and dandy” (August 7, 2013) we referred to the exhibition of the late Sebastian Horsley’s suits at the Museum of London and the Whoresley show, an exhibition of his pictures at the Outsiders Gallery. By unfortunate error we referred to Rachel Garley, the late Sebastian Horsley’s girlfriend, who arranged the exhibitions, as a prostitute. We accept that Ms Garley is not and has never been a prostitute. We offer our sincere apologies to Ms Garley for the damage to her reputation and the distress and embarrassment she has suffered as a result.

Humdinger of an apology in today’s Evening Standard pic.twitter.com/YcadKfZXce

— Chris Hamilton (@chrishams) September 23, 2013