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A scheduled press conference to promote the second series of Clarkson's Farm has been cancelled at the last-minute.
The virtual conference was due to be going ahead, but has now been cancelled at the last minute amid continued backlash over Jeremy Clarkson's controversial column published last month.
However, the series is still set to launch on Friday February 10.
It comes as Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle issued a joint statement to respond to the 62-year-old's latest apology.
The former Top Gear host claimed he had reached out to both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex via email on Christmas Day to apologise for the vile remarks he made in a column.
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An event to promote Clarkson's Farm has been cancelled at the last-minute (Getty Images)He wrote in the piece published by The Sun how he hated Meghan, 41, on a "cellular level" and dreamed of seeing her "paraded naked through the streets".
Today, Jeremy issued a lengthy statement shared on his Instagram page and said he was "really is sorry" for what he said in the controversial column – all the way "from the balls of my feet to the follicles on my head".
Meghan and 38-year-old Harry responded in a statement, claiming the presenter only reached out to Harry and not Meghan.
It reads: "On December 25, 2022, Mr. Clarkson wrote solely to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a statement, claiming Jeremy Clarkson only contacted Prince Harry (Getty Images)"The contents of his correspondence were marked Private and Confidential.
"While a new public apology has been issued today by Mr. Clarkson, what remained to be addressed is his long standing pattern of writing articles that spread ate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories, and misogyny."
It adds: "Unless each of his other pieces were also written "in a hurry", as he states, it is clear that this is not an isolated incident shared in haste, but rather a series of articles shared in hate."
Jeremy posted a lengthy statement on his Instagram page earlier today. In it, h e said he was "really sorry" for the column, which broke records with more than 20,000 IPSO complaints.
Harry and Meghan said Clarkson had contacted the Duke of Sussex in a 'private and confidential' email (TWITTER)He wrote: "One of the strange things I’ve noticed in recent times is that whenever an MP or a well-known person is asked to apologise for something, no matter how heartfelt or profound that apology may be, it’s never enough for the people who called for it in the first place.
"So I’m going to try and buck the trend this morning with an apology for the things I said in a Sun column recently about Meghan Markle. I really am sorry. All the way from the balls of my feet to the follicles on my head. This is me putting my hands up. Its a mea culpa with bells on.
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"Usually, I read what I’ve written to someone else before filing, but I was home alone on that fateful day, and in a hurry. So when I’d finished, I just pressed send. And then, when the column appeared the next day, the land mine exploded."
Jeremy Clarkson shared a statement where he claimed he contacted the couple to apologise (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock)However, Amazon are reported to have decided to part ways with the TV host.
The streaming platform will go ahead with already-commissioned series of The Grand Tour and Clarkson's Farm, but reportedly have no plans to work with the controversial star after 2024.
Variety claim TV sources tell them Clarkson won’t be appearing in any new shows on Prime Video beyond 2024.
They claim the streaming service won’t be working with the former Top Gear host beyond seasons of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm that have already been commissioned.