Prince Harry has been criticized for making “outrageous” comments about women in his autobiography Spare, as Jeremy Clarkson is publicly outraged by his words about Megan Markle in his column for The Sun. The former Top Gear presenter apologized to the pair after writing a now-deleted piece stating he wanted to see the Duchess of Sussex stripped naked and paraded through the streets with faeces thrown at her.
Royal authors Lady Colin Campbell and Phil Dampier, however, took issue with Harry’s complaints about Mr Clarkson’s misogyny when parts of his own book appear to portray some women in an unflattering light.
Lady C, who appeared on Dan Wootton’s GB News show, pointed to an excerpt where Harry describes one of his matrons as “not hot” and explains how he would “mock” her as she walked down “glacial” because she had scoliosis.
She told the host: “Jeremy Clarkson made an allusion to a popular series called Game of Thrones, so let’s put that into context.
“While Harry, okay, he was young then, but I have to tell you I’ve been around kids all my life, some kids are cruel and some aren’t.
“There is no way a child I would consider desirable would make fun of a matron who had scoliosis.
“What’s also insensitive about Harry’s comment is that his cousin Eugenie had scoliosis.”
She admitted that Mr Clarkson had been “clumsy” by not making his reference to the TV show clear in his words about Meghan, but said this was an “omission” compared to Harry’s “admission” of cruelty as a child .
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In a new poll conducted by Newsweek, Harry’s approval rating in the US has plummeted since Spare’s release, with 31 percent saying they liked him and 38 percent saying they disliked him.
This would give him a net approval rating of -7, down 45 points since their last poll in December.
Megan Markle‘s net approval also fell from +23 to -13, down 36 points.