The Jeremy Clarkson story went viral over the weekend, like a perfect companion piece to both Netflix’s Harry & Meghan AND the Ngozi Fulani story. All of these stories are about the institutional racism of the monarchy, their (in)visible contract with the British media, their violent, racist, misogynistic rhetoric against women of color and the lack of accountability to simply do better. Clarkson wrote a column in the Sun where he projected a violent fantasy of stripping the Duchess of Sussex naked and parading her down the street while people threw sh-t at her. It’s not enough that Clarkson wrote that vile, violent fantasy, it’s that his editors at the Sun thought it was A-OK to publish it. Not only that, there has been zero accountability at the Sun, or in the British media. To make matters worse, Clarkson wrote that violent, misogynistic screed just hours after he had lunch with Queen Camilla and Piers Morgan (another violent misogynist obsessed with Meghan).

So, yeah. The Clarkson column was published last Friday in the Sun. It made the rounds all weekend. Camilla’s office has had no comment thus far, because the whole point of this exercise is that the king and queen have made it perfectly clear that they love it when the media abuses Prince Harry and Meghan. Camilla’s silence is explicitly and implicitly cosigning her friend Jeremy Clarkson’s work. There has been reaction from other journalists, editors and British celebrities and public figures. I’m including some below. At the time that I’m writing this (Monday morning), there has been zero comment from the palace.

Update: Clarkson posted this tweet, which is a half-assed non-apology for inciting violence against a woman of color.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 19, 2022

— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) December 18, 2022

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) December 18, 2022

— Women in Journalism (@WIJ_UK) December 18, 2022

We have to be better than this. pic.twitter.com/pJo32xwXU4

— Misan Harriman (@misanharriman) December 18, 2022

— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) December 18, 2022

— Sarah Kendall (@Sarah_Kendall) December 18, 2022

I thought the Queen Consort was outspoken on issues of misogyny?

Will she distance herself from Clarkson…or just invite him round for dinner again?

Their silence speaks volumes. pic.twitter.com/WIJbwqgHY7

— Nicola Thorp 🇺🇦 (@nicolathorp_) December 18, 2022

— Bostoniano Improprio (@ImproperBoston1) December 18, 2022

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

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