The Sun apologizes for Jeremy Clarkson’s column that slammed Meghan Markle with a Game of Thrones reference

British newspaper The sun explained on Friday why a column by Jeremy Clarkson that slammed Meghan Markle was removed.

Clarkson’s “opinion article”, published last Friday, “sparked a strong backlash and led to a large number of complaints to IPSO, the independent press regulator,” the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper wrote in a post on his website today with the one titled “Clarification”.

“Columnists’ opinions are their own, but as editors we know that with freedom of expression comes responsibility,” she added. “We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and sincerely regret it.

“The article has been removed from our website and archives.”

In the column, Clarkson wrote that Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, “should be paraded naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowd chants ‘Shame!’ calls. and throw pieces of excrement at them” – a reference to a famous reconciliation scene with Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) in season 5 of game of thrones. As a result, Clarkson’s column became the most complained about IPSO article of all time.

Clarkson, the longtime British TV personality best known for co-hosting top gearapologized for the comment earlier this week and said so Reference was “going badly with a large number of people”. He added that he was “shocked that he caused so much pain:

The sun and British publisher ITV, home of the Clarkson-hosted edition of Who wants to be a millionaire?She is under pressure from dozens of British MPs over the row. ITV content boss Kevin Lygo said on Tuesday that Clarkson would stay on millionaire Host.

Clarkson is also the host Clarkson’s farm on Prime Video from Amazon.

Here is The sun‘s full statement today:

In last Saturday’s Sun, Jeremy Clarkson wrote an opinion piece about the Duchess of Sussex.

This provoked strong reactions and led to numerous complaints to IPSO, the independent press regulator.

In a tweet earlier this week, Jeremy said he made a “clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones that “resonated badly with a lot of people” and that he was “shocked that he caused so much pain.”

He also said that he would be more careful in the future.

Columnists’ opinions are their own, but as editors we know that with free speech comes responsibility.

We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and sincerely regret it.

The article has been removed from our website and archives.

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