UK tabloid The Sun regrets publishing Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan ‘hate’ article
- The ex-Top Gear host drew flak for writing that he dreamed of Prince Harry’s wife being paraded through the streets while crowds threw ‘excrement’ at her
- A record number of complaints against the column – more than 20,000 – was made to the UK Independent Press Standards Organisation
British tabloid The Sun said on Friday it regretted publishing a column by former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson about Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, after a huge backlash.
In the article for The Sun last week, Clarkson wrote that he “hated” Meghan and dreamed 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”.
A record number of complaints against the column – more than 20,000 – was made to the UK Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) and many high-profile figures criticised the piece, including author Philip Pullman and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The article had been written in response to the couple’s recent Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan but has since been removed from the newspaper’s website.
“We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and we are sincerely sorry,” The Sun said in a statement on its website.