Prince Harry and his wife Meghan denounced this weekend the “coup de com'” which they believe represents the regrets of the tabloid The Sun about a column which violently attacked the Duchess of Sussex.
Excuse or communication stunt? Last week, the former car show presenter Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson wrote that he dreams of the day when Meghan would “parade naked through the streets of every city in the UK, while the crowds shout ‘Shame!’ and throw excrement on him”. The newspaper said on Friday it regretted the publication of the text, which it removed from its website and its archives, saying it was “sincerely sorry”.
The spokesperson denounces an exploitation of hatred
“The fact that the Sun has not contacted the Duchess of Sussex to apologize shows their intentions. It is nothing more than a publicity stunt,” a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan reacted on Saturday. .
“While the public deserves full title regrets for their dangerous words, we wouldn’t be in this situation if the Sun was not continually profiting and exploiting hate, violence and misogyny,” the spokesperson added.
More than 20,000 complaints
The disputed article prompted a record number of complaints (more than 20,000) to the British press regulator and numerous convictions of public figures. Jeremy Clarkson had in response invoked “a clumsy reference to (the series) Game of Thrones”.
“This was taken badly by many people. I am horrified to have caused so much pain and will be more careful in the future,” he wrote. In one of the most striking sequences of Game Of Thronesa female character undergoes a “walk of shame”, where she is forced to wander the streets naked while people throw trash at her.