U.K. media watchdog Independent Press Standards Organization (IPSO) determined Friday that Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial Meghan Markle column for The Sun “contained a pejorative and prejudicial reference to the Duchess’ sex,” breaching the Editors’ Code of Practice clause on discrimination.
The decision regarding Clarkson’s article, titled “One day, Harold the glove puppet will tell the truth about A Woman Talking B*ks,” upheld a pair of complaints from women’s rights charities, The Fawcett Society and The WILDE Foundation — which in themselves amounted to just a fraction of the more than 25,100 public complaints lodged following the column’s December publication.