I can hardly believe this story! If Trevor Phillips has any 'respect' at all he will resign. He should certainly be stripped of his OBE.

Brenda, Cardiff, Wales

If anyone had made a 'joke' of similar bad taste about Martin Luther King, they would have immediately have been labelled 'racist' and been under strong pressure to resign from their lucrative public position.
Will this be expected of Trevor Phillips ? Or will double standards be applied as per usual ?

Rick, London, England

Jokes can only be considered offensive if they upset a racial minority, elderly and infirm white people are fair game, am I right Trevor?

Jack , chelmsford, UK

never take the piss out of royalty

Daithi de Bhall, Dublin, Ireland

Imagine if (hypothetically) there was a speaker at this dinner who made an ill-advised comment, with humorous intent, about say a black person or immigration or integration - something along those lines. Then imagine the embarrassing silence that would follow. And the furore. Would Trevor Phillips be of the opinion that an "unreserved apology" makes everything OK again ? I think not.

Andy Mac, Bingley, UK

I think you are a disgrace to relate the episode of your dance with the Queen Mother to the guests at the Imperial College, which was in very bad taste. No doubt you had in your mind rehearsed this sick joke many times and there was no excuse for uttering such rubbish especially after dinner. You should resign as your two predecessors did.

Ray Ferguson, Feltham, MIddx

No, sorry, pathetic attempt at joke at the expense of someone dead. Not funny

sarah johnson, London,

Oh please. I think that did lack something in the way of a punchline ... but it was certainly a great anecdote and at least, as they say, 'I now have your undivided attention ...'

Great one. Beats gin and fishbones jokes.

Good on you, Trevor!

Gareth, Peterborough, UK

Maybe by going out of the country for his secondary education he missed the British cultural bit about how fond almost everyone was of the Queen Mum. Perhaps when he gets a little older people can make extremely tasteless jokes about him. I, for one, cannot wait.

Peggy Webb, Blyth, Northumberland

He would insist that anyone else in a similar position making comments about a non caucasian should resign immediately. He is not fit for the post.

Glyn Rees, oxford, england

That is shocking, why on earth would anyone make such a remark!? I think he should resign his position, what a disgrace to the system...

Adam Webb, MK, UK

It is truly astonishing that we have public figures who can so readily be offensive and apparently not intend the offence. Well, if Mr Phillips did not intend the offence he needs to look to his standards of behaviour, because any reference to any elderly lady's personal issue is bound to cause offence in any place I have ever had dinner. Notwithstanding that, it seems a black person can make jokes about a white person with impunity. Yet, as a white person, I am reasonably sure that I would be crucified and probably lose my job if I made a similar joke about an elderly black lady. What a truly egalitarian country Tony's Britain has become. Perhaps Mr Phillips is angling for a slot on Little Britain?

clive, surrey,