Meghan Markle, Prince Harry considers Jeremy Clarkson's apology null and void

Jeremy Clarkson's latest public apology for the insulting essay he published about the Duchess of Sussex in December has drawn criticism from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

The 62-year-old British broadcaster apologised for the divisive piece he wrote for The Sun last month in which he screamed about his "hatred" for Meghan "on a cellular level" in a statement posted on Instagram on Monday. Additionally, he asserted that he had contacted Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day.

A representative for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex disputes Clarkson's assertion, claiming that he only contacted Harry.

In a statement shared with People magazine on Monday, the spokesperson said, "On December 25, 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 long standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories, and misogyny," it continued. "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."

Clarkson's apology hit social media earlier Monday, where he began, "One of the strange things I've noticed in recent times is that whenever an MP or a well-known person is asked to apologise for something, no matter how heartfelt or profound that apology may be, it's never enough for the people who called for it in the first place."

"So I'm going to try and buck the trend this morning with an apology for the things I said in a Sun column recently about Meghan Markle. 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," he wrote.

"Usually, I read what I've written to someone else before filing, but I was home alone on that fateful day, and in a hurry. So when I'd finished, I just pressed send," he continued. "And then, when the column appeared the next day, the land mine exploded."