Violently criticized by an English journalist in the tabloid “The Sun”, Meghan Markle reacted to the apologies of the British publication. Comments reported Saturday, December 24 by a spokesperson for Sussex.
A virulent and insulting article. Friday, December 16, the day after the release of the last three episodes of the documentary Harry & Meghan on Netflix, which notably criticizes the racism towards Meghan Markle and media frenzy suffered by the Sussexes, the British tabloid The Sun published a column by the journalist and presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who poured out all his hate on Meghan Markle. Very harsh words that have sparked a real controversy. “I hate her. […] At night I can’t sleep and I lay there grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she will be paraded naked through the streets of every city in the UKwhile the crowd will shout: ‘Shame !’ and will throw feces at him above”had written Jeremy Clarkson, thus making a reference to a major scene of Game Of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister undergoes a “walk of shame”.
Faced with the outcry caused by the journalist’s speech, which moreover aroused more than 20,000 complaints with the British press regulator according to France info, The Sun took a radical and rare decision on Friday, December 23: the publication apologizedand removed the chronicle from its archives. “The columnists’ opinions are theirs, but as a publisher we understand that freedom of expression goes hand in hand with responsibility. We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and are sincerely sorry“, wrote the newspaper on its site. Apologies to which Meghan Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, were quick to react by the voice of their spokesperson.
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In a statement posted on Saturday December 24, and shared on Twitter by British writer Omid Scobie, an expert on the English royal family, the parents of Archie and Lilibet claim that “the Sun’s failure to contact the Duchess of Sussex to apologize shows his intention“. “It’s nothing more than a publicity shot“, they added. The press release also states that if “The public absolutely deserves the regrets of the publication for its dangerous comments“, the couple would not meet again “in this situation if The Sun did not continue to profit and exploit hatred, violence and misogyny“. Obviously, Meghan Markle has little hope for a change in attitude from the British tabloid: “A real apology would be a change in their coverage and their ethical standards for all. Unfortunately, we have no illusions.” For his part, Jeremy Clarkson assured on Twitter to be “horrified to have caused so much pain“ and promised to be “more careful in the future“.