Express readers have voted overwhelmingly for Jeremy Clarkson to ban Meghan Markle from his pub, days after the Duchess of Sussex made her first public appearance in the UK at a rival Cotswolds venue.
The Duchess visited The Three Horseshoes pub near Burford, Oxfordshire, around 20 minutes from Clarkson's establishment, The Farmer's Dog, alongside US television presenter Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi. It was her first outing in the UK since relocating from Montecito, California.
Readers Back a Ban
A poll of 4,203 people found 3,847 voted for Clarkson to ban Meghan, while 290 voted against and 66 said they did not know.
The visit followed Clarkson's 2022 Sun column in which he wrote that he "hates" Meghan "on a cellular level" and said he was "dreaming of the day" she was "made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain". He later apologised, calling the words a "clumsy reference" to a Game of Thrones scene.
No Affection Between the Pair
Clarkson has previously banned other figures from The Farmer's Dog, including his former Top Gear co-star James May, all Labour MPs and Keir Starmer, who was banned while Prime Minister. Richard Hammond has also been playfully shown the door.
It remains unclear whether Meghan deliberately chose an alternative venue to avoid Clarkson, but she was not promoting the Hawkstone brand or Jeremy himself with the snub.
