The Culture Secretary has defended Jeremy Clarkson’s “right to be able to say what he wants” after his Sun newspaper column about the Duchess of Sussex was widely criticised.
The piece, in which Clarkson, 62, said he “hated” Meghan and dreamed of her being paraded through British towns and publicly shamed, became the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s most complained-about article after its publication last month.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan told BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show on Wednesday: “I defend his right to be able to say what he wants. “I wouldn’t have said what he said and I don’t align myself with the comments that he made, categorically no, of course I don’t.“We do have to have freedom of press, we do have to have a position where people can air opinions that we don’t all agree with.
“And I would always champion journalists’ freedom and their ability and right to be able to write that content. It doesn’t mean I agree with all that, but that’s the nature of free speech – of course, that shouldn’t stray into illegal content or go in certain directions.”In an interview with The News Agents podcast, she added: “I do think we need to put Clarkson’s comments in context.
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