UK Newspaper Publishes Front Page Apology After Meghan Article Ruled As Sexist

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The Sun newspaper on Saturday published an apology to Meghan Markle on its front page and said it realised that “with free expression comes responsibility.” The paper’s statement followed a ruling on Friday by the UK press regulator IPSO that an opinion piece about the Duchess of Sussex published in December 2022 was sexist in its tone.

25,000 people complained to regulator IPSO after a column by Grand Tour star Jeremy Clarkson appeared in The Sun newspaper, in which he wrote about Meghan Markle being paraded naked in the street.

IPSO chairman Lord Faulks said the article was “humiliating and degrading towards the duchess.” The regulator rejected complaints that the article was racist in tone, inaccurate or sought to harass the duchess.

After the article was published last year, Prince Harry and Meghan accused the writer of “spreading hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny.” The article was removed from the paper’s website and Clarkson apologised.