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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reacting to Jeremy Clarkson’s latest nationalist apology.
On Monday, the British tv presenter shared a connection expressing remorse for penning a arguable nonfiction published by The Sun successful December. At the time, the 62-year-old wrote that helium hated the Duchess of Sussex "on a cellular level" and dreamed of her being paraded bare done British towns "while the crowds chant ‘Shame!’ and propulsion lumps of excrement astatine her."
While Clarkson alleged helium reached retired to the mates connected Christmas Day, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex refuted his claim, noting helium lone reached retired to Harry.
"On December 25, 2022, Mr. Clarkson wrote solely to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex," work a connection sent to Fox News Digital connected Tuesday. "The contents of his correspondence were marked Private and Confidential."
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A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a connection with Fox News Digital connected Tuesday successful effect to Jeremy Clarkson's apology connected Instagram. (Rosa Woods/Pool/Getty Images)
"While a caller nationalist apology has been issued contiguous by Mr. Clarkson, what remains to beryllium addressed is his long-standing signifier of penning articles that dispersed hatred rhetoric, unsafe conspiracy theories, and misogyny," the connection shared. "Unless each of his different pieces were besides written ‘in a hurry’, arsenic helium states, it is wide that this is not an isolated incidental shared successful haste, but alternatively a bid of articles shared successful hate."
Clarkson, whose apology was posted connected Instagram, wrote: "One of the unusual things I've noticed successful caller times is that whenever an MP oregon a well-known idiosyncratic is asked to apologise for something, nary substance however heartfelt oregon profound that apology whitethorn be, it's ne'er capable for the radical who called for it successful the archetypal place."
Clarkson claimed helium felt "sick" to spot the "horrible" communicative successful print.
"I'd been reasoning of the country successful Game of Thrones, but I'd forgotten to notation this," Clarkson explained. "So it looked similar I was really calling for revolting unit to rainfall down connected Meghan's head."
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Clarkson said helium was "mortified" and "angry with myself" pursuing the work of his piece.
"I'm conscionable not sexist and I abhor unit against women," helium wrote. "And yet I look to beryllium advocating conscionable that."
"I truthful wrote to everyone who works with maine saying however atrocious I was and past connected Christmas morning, I e-mailed Harry and Meghan successful California to apologise to them too," helium shared. "I said I was baffled by what they had been saying connected TV but that the connection I'd utilized successful my file was disgraceful and that I was profoundly sorry."
"So tin I determination connected now? Not sure," Clarkson admitted. "It's hard to beryllium absorbing and vigilant astatine the aforesaid time… But I committedness you this, I volition try."
Jeremy Clarkson's arguable file instantly sparked backlash. (Nick England/Getty Images)
"So I'm going to effort and subordinate the inclination this greeting with an apology for the things I said successful a Sun file precocious astir Meghan Markle," helium shared. "I truly americium sorry. All the mode from the balls of my feet to the follicles connected my head. This is maine putting my hands up. It's a mea culpa with bells on."
"Usually, I work what I've written to idiosyncratic other earlier filing, but I was location unsocial connected that fateful day, and successful a hurry," Clarkson continued. "So erstwhile I'd finished, I conscionable pressed send. And then, erstwhile the file appeared the adjacent day, the onshore excavation exploded."
Clarkson’s archetypal file sparked contiguous backlash. According to the Independent Press Standards Organization, it received much than 12,000 complaints, which was adjacent to the full fig of complaints it received successful each of 2021.
The nonfiction was besides condemned by nationalist figures, including Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who called it "deeply misogynist and conscionable downright atrocious and horrible."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry elaborate their struggles with the U.K. property successful the Netflix docuseries ‘Harry & Meghan'. (Netflix)
Clarkson’s daughter, Emily Clarkson, took to Instagram and wrote, "I basal against everything that my dada wrote astir Meghan Markle and I stay lasting successful enactment of those that are targeted with online hatred."
When asked astir the article, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that "for everyone successful nationalist life, connection matters." He added, "I perfectly don’t judge that Britain is simply a racist country."
Clarkson’s nonfiction followed the merchandise of Netflix’s six-part docuseries "Harry & Meghan." It looked backmost astatine the couple’s acrimonious divided from the British royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex discontinue royal duties and moved to California successful 2020. They cited a deficiency of enactment from the palace and racist property attraction of the duchess, who is biracial.
Markle, an American histrion who starred successful the ineligible play "Suits," joined the British prince successful 2018.
Meghan Markle starred successful the ineligible play ‘Suits’ earlier she joined Prince Harry successful 2018 and became the Duchess of Sussex. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images)
Following the outcry, Clarkson said helium was "horrified to person caused truthful overmuch hurt." At the time, helium said the nationalist shaming representation was "a clumsy reference" to a country successful "Game of Thrones."
"I’m horrified to person caused truthful overmuch wounded and I shall beryllium much cautious successful future," helium tweeted.
Clarkson made his sanction arsenic the combative big of the BBC car amusement "Top Gear."
The couple’s effect to Clarkson’s claims came astir a week after Harry’s memoir "Spare" was published. While discussing the publication with Tom Bradby for an ITV interview, the 38-year-old described however comments similar Clarkson’s tin pb to unsafe repercussions.
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Tom Bradby and Prince Harry chatted up of the merchandise of ‘Spare’. (ITV)
"When we're talking astir accountability, you know, conscionable recently, which I cognize you cognize about, um you know, the Jeremy Clarkson article," said Harry. "So not lone did, what helium said was horrific and is hurtful and cruel towards my wife, but it besides encourages different radical astir the U.K. and astir the world, men particularly, to spell and deliberation that it's acceptable to dainty women that way."
"You know, to usage my stepmother's words precocious arsenic well, determination is simply a planetary pandemic of convulsive — unit against women," Harry shared. The begetter of 2 was referring to Camilla, the Queen Consort's caller speech astatine a Buckingham Palace reception to rise consciousness of unit against women.
"Harry & Meghan" besides described however the mates was faced with hatred and threats connected societal media. Markle, 41, described however 1 alarming tweet read, "Meghan conscionable needs to die. Someone needs to termination her. Maybe it should beryllium me."
"I’m a mom," she tearfully said. "It’s my existent life.
"You know? And that's the portion wherever you spot it, and you go: 'You are making radical privation to termination me. It's not conscionable a tabloid. It's not conscionable immoderate story. You are making maine scared.'"
Meghan cried portion sitting beside Prince Harry successful a country from their Netflix docuseries. (Netflix)
"And similar that night, to beryllium up and down successful the mediate of the nighttime looking down my hallway like, 'Are we safe? Are the doors locked? Is information on?' That's real! 'Are my babies safe?'" she shared. "And you created it for what? Because you're bored oregon due to the fact that it sells your papers, oregon it makes you consciousness amended astir your ain life? It's existent what you're doing."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reside successful Montecito, California, with their 2 children.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stephanie Nolasco covers amusement astatine Foxnews.com.
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