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A controversial column that British TV host Jeremy Clarkson wrote for the Sun has been taken down following mounting criticism and after the polarizing star issued an apology on Twitter. <\/p>\n

The Friday column was written by \u201cThe Grand Tour\u201d host about Meghan Markle on the heels of the release of the final three episodes of the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry’s new Netflix docuseries. The six-part series, \u201cHarry & Meghan,\u201d chronicles their experiences since stepping back from duties as senior royals in the British monarch.<\/p>\n

Clarkson’s column was written under the Sun’s opinion section and is no longer posted on the tabloid’s website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of Jeremy Clarkson’s tweet he has asked us to take last week’s column down,\u201d the Sun said on the webpage where the column originally ran.<\/p>\n

In the piece, the 62-year-old wrote of his distaste for the California-born duchess, saying that he hated her \u201con a cellular level,\u201d despises her more than a serial killer and that he dreamed of a day that people would throw excrement at her on the streets. He also thinks Netflix should have renamed the series \u201cA Woman, Talking Bollocks\u201d and laments the damage Meghan brought to the royal family.<\/p>\n

The BBC News reported Monday that more than 6,000 complaints were made to press regulator Ipso regarding the piece, which also prompted a strange apology on Monday from the former \u201cTop Gear\u201d host.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it. In a column,\u201d Clarkson tweeted. \u201cI wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it. In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/ps-tweet-embed><\/div>\n

In \u201cHarry & Meghan,\u201d the Sussexes discuss racism and the mistreatment of the biracial duchess in British tabloids before their big move to California in 2020. Clarkson said that he felt \u201csorry\u201d for Prince Harry, whom he referred to as a \u201cglove puppet\u201d and \u201cHarold Markle\u201d in the piece, and believes is being \u201ccontrolled\u201d by his wife who turned him into \u201ca warrior of woke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate her. Not like I hate [Scotland\u2019s First Minister] Nicola Sturgeon or [serial killer] Rose West. I hate her on a cellular level,\u201d he wrote in the piece. \u201cAt night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarkson was apparently referring to Cersei Lannister’s infamous walk of atonement in Season 5 of HBO’s \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone who’s my age thinks the same way,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut what makes me despair is that younger people, especially girls, think she she’s pretty cool. They think she was a prisoner of Buckingham Palace, forced to talk about nothing but embroidery and kittens,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat makes me even angrier. Can’t they see everything that’s happening is so very obviously pre-planned.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, contrary to his apology, it wasn’t the \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d reference that people took issue with. It was the all-around nastiness of the prose and Clarkson’s insistence that he was speaking for people his age.<\/p>\n

Former UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith replied, \u201cI’m your age @JeremyClarkson and I couldn’t disagree more with you. Why do you have to be so horrible? I can’t believe it’s good for you and it certainly isn’t good for the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Independent, Sturgeon, the first woman to be appointed leader of the Scottish National Party and also Scotland’s First Minister, said that Clarkson’s remarks were \u201cdeeply misogynist and just downright awful and horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say, taking a step back from it, my overwhelming emotion about guys like Jeremy Clarkson is pity,\u201d Sturgeon said. \u201cI mean, what is it that makes somebody so distorted by hate that they end up writing these things?\u201d<\/p>\n

Others also felt Clarkson’s apology was disingenuous. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis tweet insults, gaslights & disrespects on an epic level,\u201d tweeted activist and \u201cWhy I Resist\u201d author Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu. \u201cVery British non-apology. Jeremy Clarkson laughs in our faces. Nothing will change for him. Those who support him like Camilla, the Palace, British Media & powers that will be applaud him for hatchet job on Meghan Markle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camilla, Britain’s Queen Consort, has also come under fire for hosting a Christmas lunch last Wednesday that Clarkson attended along with TV commentator and longtime Meghan critic Piers Morgan. (The lunch took place a day before the latter three episodes started streaming on Netflix.)<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Clarkson’s daughter, podcast host Emily Clarkson, also admonished her father and said she supports those \u201ctargeted with online hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy views are and have always been clear when it comes to misogyny, bullying and the treatment of women by the media,\u201d she wrote on Instagram Stories, the BBC said. \u201cI want to make it very clear that I stand against everything my dad wrote about Meghan Markle.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative for Harry and Meghan did not immediately respond Monday to The Times’ request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n