Prince Harry and his wife Meghan this weekend denounced the “communications coup” they say is The Sun newspaper’s apology for one Column virulently attacking the Duchess of Sussex.
Last week Jeremy Clarkson, former host of the Top Gear auto show, wrote that he was daydreaming about the day he was Meghan ‘will be roaming the streets of every city in the UK naked at the same time as the crowd screamed ‘Shame!’ and throw excrement at him.”
The British newspaper said on Friday it regretted publishing the column, which it had removed from its website and newspaper library, and expressed its sincere apologies.
“The fact that The Sun has not contacted the Duchess of Sussex to apologize shows her intentions. It’s nothing more than a communications coup“A spokesman for Harry and Meghan said on Saturday.
“If the public deserves the masthead’s remorse for their dangerous claims, we wouldn’t be in this situation if The Sun didn’t constantly exploit and exploit hatred, violence and misogyny,” the spokesperson continued.
The controversial article prompted a record number of complaints (over 20,000) to the UK Media Ombudsman and numerous condemnations from public figures.
To justify himself, Clarkson mentioned “an awkward reference to (the series) Game of Thrones”.
“It was badly received by a lot of people. I am appalled that I have caused so much pain and will be more careful going forward,” he wrote.
In one of the most iconic sequences from Games of Thrones, a female character undergoes a “March of Shame,” where she is forced to walk the streets naked while people throw trash at her.