Clarkson to be probed by press watchdog over Meghan Markle column

Jeremy Clarkson to be probed by press watchdog over controversial Meghan Markle column that sparked 25,000 complaints

• The article published by The Sun received a record-breaking 25,100 complaints
• The former Top Gear star later apologised admitting he had ‘put my foot in it’

Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial column about the Duchess of Sussex – in which he said he dreamed of her being forced to ‘parade naked’ through British towns – will be investigated by the Press watchdog.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation will look into the article published in The Sun, which received a record-breaking 25,100 complaints.

The former Top Gear star, 62, later apologised admitting he had ‘put my foot in it’ and accepted his language was ‘disgraceful’ and that he was ‘profoundly sorry’. The Sun also apologised.

The Duke of Sussex branded the article about his wife ‘horrific, hurtful and cruel’. The article also attracted complaints from women’s rights charities.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation will look into the article published in The Sun, which received a record-breaking 25,100 complaints 

The presenter also drew condemnation from his own daughter Emily, who wrote that she wanted ‘to make it very clear’ that she stood against ‘everything’ her father had written.

Ipso confirmed the conclusion of the investigation will be made public.

The investigation has been launched following complaints from The Fawcett Society and the Wilde Foundation, which claim they were affected by breaches in accuracy, harassment and discrimination.

The former Top Gear star, 62, later apologised admitting he had ‘put my foot in it’ and accepted his language was ‘disgraceful’ and that he was ‘profoundly sorry’. The Sun also apologised

The Fawcett Society is a charity that campaigns for gender equality and women’s rights, while the Wilde Foundation is a platform created to ‘promote, educate, empower and heal women and girls, victims and survivors of all kinds of abuse’.

Clarkson co-hosts Amazon Prime TV series The Grand Tour, and documentary series Clarkson’s Farm follows his efforts to run an Oxfordshire farm he bought in 2008.

The success of the series has seen visitors flock to the Diddly Squat farm shop in Chadlington, and the second series is due to launch on Friday on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories. Clarkson also took over from Chris Tarrant as the presenter of long-running ITV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2018.

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