Europe 1 with AFP 10:16 a.m., December 26, 2022
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan denounced this weekend the "coup de com'" which they believe represents the regrets of the tabloid The Sun about a column which violently attacked the Duchess of Sussex.
Excuse or communication stunt?
Last week, ex-
Top Gear
car show presenter Jeremy Clarkson wrote that he dreamed of the day Meghan would have to "parade naked through the streets of every city in the UK, while crowds shout 'Shame !'
and throw excrement on him".
The newspaper said on Friday it regretted the publication of the text, which it removed from its website and its archives, saying it was "sincerely sorry".
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The spokesperson denounces an exploitation of hatred
"The fact that the Sun has not contacted the Duchess of Sussex to apologize shows their intentions. It is nothing more than a publicity stunt," a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan reacted on Saturday. .
"While audiences are entirely deserving of the title's regrets for their dangerous words, we wouldn't be in this situation if The
Sun
weren't continually profiting from and exploiting hate, violence and misogyny," added the spokesperson.
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More than 20,000 complaints
The disputed article prompted a record number of complaints (more than 20,000) to the British press regulator and numerous convictions of public figures.
Jeremy Clarkson had in response invoked "a clumsy reference to (the series) Game of Thrones".
"This was taken badly by many people. I am horrified to have caused so much pain and will be more careful in the future," he wrote.
In one of
Game of Thrones
' most defining sequences , a female character undergoes a "walk of shame", where she is forced to wander the streets naked while people throw trash at her.