Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm shop has temporarily closed its doors, a week after the former Top Gear presenter faced backlash over comments he made about Meghan Markle. The shop's Instagram page announced it would remain shut after Christmas until February 10th.
Clarkson, 62, wrote a column for The Sun in which he expressed hatred for the Duchess of Sussex, including a dream about her being 'paraded naked through the streets' while people 'throw lumps of excrement at her'. The article received over 20,000 complaints, a record number for a newspaper article, according to the press regulator Ipso.
Clarkson later broke his silence, stating he had 'rather put his foot in it' and was 'horrified to have caused so much hurt', but did not apologise directly to Meghan. His daughter Emily, a podcaster who campaigns against online abuse, publicly condemned his comments, saying she stands against everything her father wrote.
The Sun issued an apology, stating they 'regret the publication of this article and are sincerely sorry'. However, a spokesperson for Meghan and Prince Harry dismissed the apology as 'nothing more than a PR stunt', calling for a genuine shift in coverage and ethical standards.
