Prince William rude doodle draws BBC apology August 2, 2013 - 9:40AM 503 reading now Someone at the BBC has an awful lot of explaining to do, after a photograph of Prince William with a penis drawn on his head was broadcast live on breakfast television. The doodle of a doodle appeared in a promotional video for a comedy group that was due to appear on BBC Breakfast on Thursday morning. But editors who earlier viewed the footage, which was supplied by the comedy group Barbershopera, failed to spot the phallic graffiti emerging from the prince's forehead. A number of Prince William's teeth were blacked out, and a goatee, moustache and glasses were drawn on his face. Several viewers spotted the royal clanger when it was broadcast just before 8.30am. "Wow bbc breakfast just showed a picture of prince William with a penis drawn on his head," tweeted someone with the Twitter name "Andreas Vesalius." The BBC apologised for the "offending material." "This image was shown fleetingly within a comedy promotional video for Barbershopera, a humorous barbershop group, who were appearing later on in the programme," the BBC said in a statement. The material was provided by Barbershopera but we failed to spot the offending material within it. We apologise for this. Were you on the flight? Email us at scoop@smh.com.au smh.com.au