Jeremy Clarkson reveals he apologised to Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day after column controversy

JEREMY Clarkson has apologised to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for his column in The Sun.

The TV presenter today revealed he emailed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Christmas Day to say his language had been "disgraceful" and he was "profoundly sorry".

In an Instagram post, Mr Clarkson said of the original article, published in December: "I really am sorry. 

"All the way from the balls of my feet to the follicles on my head. This is me putting my hands up. It's a mea culpa with bells on.

"I wrote to everyone who works with me saying how sorry I was and then on Christmas morning, I emailed Harry and Meghan in California to apologise to them too.

"I said I was baffled by what they had been saying on TV but that the language I'd used in my column was disgraceful and that I was profoundly sorry."

Hours after Mr Clarkson issued his apology on Instagram, a spokesperson for Meghan and Harry said: "On December 25, 2020, Mr Clarkson wrote solely to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex.

"The contents of his correspondence were marked Private and Confidential.

"While a new public apology has been issued today by Mr Clarkson, what remains to be addressed in his long standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate, rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny.

"Unless each of his other pieces were also written 'in a hurry', as he states, it is clear that this is not an isolated incident shared in haste, but rather a series of articles shared in hate."

Mr Clarkson's column was removed from The Sun website and archives last month, and The Sun apologised.