The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) is launching an investigation into Jeremy Clarkson’s article in The Sun about the Duchess of Sussex.
The regulator, for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK, received more than 25,100 complaints about the piece, in which he said he “hated” the Duchess of Sussex.
Clarkson wrote in his column, published in December as the couple shared their headline-grabbing Netflix documentary series, that he was “dreaming of the day when [Meghan] is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her”.
Clarkson later clarified that he was referencing a scene in the hit series Game of Thrones.
But his remarks sparked a huge backlash, with Clarkson’s daughter Emily, as well as many others, speaking out against him.
The column became the most complained about ever and was removed from The Sun’s website at his request, with the publisher apologising.
He later revealed he had emailed the couple to apologise over his piece
However, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex dismissed the apology saying it was part of “a series of articles shared in hate”.
