As people across the world grieved for Prince Philip yesterday, social media trolls – including a one-time Guardian journalist – instead took the opportunity to spread vile messages of spite.
In response to the official Palace announcement that the Duke had passed away peacefully , writer Karen Geier, who proudly boasts of her work for the Left-wing newspaper on her Twitter biography, sneered: Deeply saddened to hear it was peaceful. He deserved so much more (pain).
The tweet went viral, and last night had attracted almost 17,000 likes and 2,300 retweets.
Guardian writer Karen Geier, pictured, was widely criticised on Twitter after she was saddened to hear that the Duke of Edinburgh had died peacefully telling critics they should get a life