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Jeremy Clarkson was encouraged to make his apology to Prince Harry in a bid to save the reputation of his lager brand.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that a mutual friend of the two persuaded the television star to write to the Duke of Sussex after some pubs refused to stock his beer, Hawkstone, following his comments about Meghan Markle in his newspaper column.
After the outrage at him saying he ‘hated’ the Duchess of Sussex and wanted to see her paraded through the streets naked while people throw ‘excrement’ at her – apparently referencing a public shaming scene from the fantasy TV series Game Of Thrones – Clarkson’s business partner Johnny Hornby, who is also on the board of Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale, orchestrated the apology.
It is understood that Hornby – co-founder of Hawkstone along with Clarkson – feared that more pubs would drop the drink, like landlords such as Tom Doggett of the Red Lion pub
