The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accused Jeremy Clarkson of writing articles “that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny”, after the Grand Tour presenter apologized to the couple over a controversial article he wrote for the Sun.

More than 20,000 complaints were made to Ipso, the independent regulator of most of the UK’s newspapers and magazines, about the column in December, in which Clarkson said of Meghan that he was “dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets”.

In a statement on Monday evening, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said: “On 25 December 2022, 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 is his longstanding 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.”

The presenter, who became a household name during his tenure as a presenter of BBC’s Top Gear between 2002 and 2015, revealed on Monday that he had contacted Harry and Meghan on Christmas morning, amid the fallout, to say sorry.

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