Jeremy Clarkson

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reacted after the Sun apologised for publishing a controversial column from Jeremy Clarkson on the Duchess of Sussex.

In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. [Sign up to The Royal Explainer newsletter](https://www.hellomagazine.com/newsletter/royal-explainer/) to receive your weekly dose of royal features and other exclusive content straight to your inbox. I've rather put my foot in it. [Prince Harry](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/prince-harry/) and [Meghan Markle](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/meghan-markle/) have responded to the Sun's apology over [Jeremy Clarkson's](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/jeremy-clarkson/) controversial column on the Duchess of Sussex. [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's friend shares new photo of the royal in tears](https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20221222160210/misan-harriman-new-photo-prince-harry-in-tears-invictus/) Royal couple's thoughts revealed](https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20221223160211/prince-harry-meghan-markle-family-third-baby-news/)

The Sun apologized for a column about Meghan Markle by Jeremy Clarkson that was widely criticized, and removed it from its website and archives.

Clarkson, who in 2015 was fired as host of the BBC’s motoring show after punching a producer, is the star of Amazon Prime Video series The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, and also hosts Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future,” he wrote on Twitter of the reference to the memorable Cersei (Lena Headey) moment in Game of Thrones. I want to make it very clear that I stand against everything that my dad wrote about Meghan Markle and I remain standing in support of those that are targeted with online hatred.” ITV said there are no plans to take action following the column, while Amazon has yet to comment about the forthcoming season. “Columnists’ opinions are their own, but as a publisher we realize that with free expression comes responsibility. press and royal family, ultimately leading to their separation from royal life. The British tabloid ran Clarkson’s article on Dec. First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, who was also named in the column as someone Clarkson “hates” on a “cellular level,” called the piece “deeply misogynist.” She told The Times, “I think what he said about Meghan Markle was deeply misogynist and just downright awful and horrible.” [post](https://www.thesun.co.uk/clarifications/20850273/jeremy-clarkson-the-sun/) to its website that the column had “provoked a strong response and led to a large number of complaints to IPSO, the independent press regulator.” The former Top Gear host wrote in his column that Prince Harry was being “controlled” by Markle and that he was “dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her.” [running a column](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-meghan-markle-column-complaints-the-sun-1235284532/) by British TV personality Jeremy Clarkson about [Meghan Markle](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/meghan-markle/) that has been condemned for being “deeply misogynistic.”

A spokesperson for the royal couple says the newspaper profited off "hate, violence and misogyny".

They think she was a prisoner of Buckingham Palace, forced to talk about nothing but embroidery and kittens." In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) Clarkson asked for it to be removed from the Sun's website. "But what makes me despair is that younger people, especially girls, think she's pretty cool. This is nothing more than a PR stunt."

The presenter and columnist has faced a backlash over comments regarding Meghan Markle – and it is nowhere near the first time he has been involved in such ...

I ask because people I’ve known, well had the acquaintance of, in the once-fashionable Chipping Norton set, maintain that Clarkson indeed doesn’t believe a word of what he churns out. Does it matter any less, in other words, if he does and says outrageous things just for the money? You see, the thing about Clarkson is that you can’t be really sure if he means it.

In the column, which became IPSO's most complained-about article, Clarkson wrote he dreamed of Meghan being paraded through British towns and publicly ...

We will continue to campaign for good causes on behalf of our readers in 2023.' 'at the moment', On Friday, the newspaper said in a statement: 'In last Saturday's Sun, Jeremy Clarkson wrote a comment article about the Duchess of Sussex. He also said he will be more careful in future. 'Columnists' opinions are their own, but as a publisher we realise that with free expression comes responsibility. 'at the moment', ITV 's boss Kevin Lygo said earlier this week