Amazon confirms fate of Clarkson's Farm after presenter's apology to Harry and Meghan

Clarkson's Farm will continue, Amazon has confirmed. The future of the series was called into doubt after controversy surrounding lead star Jeremy Clarkson's comments about Meghan Markle in The Sun. Read an in depth account of what happened here.

The popular series documents Clarkson's attempts at running a farm in the Cotswolds. Following a hugely popular first run, Clarkson's Farm was recommissioned for a second series, which is set to release later this year. Speaking to LADbible, an Amazon representative revealed that a third series will continue to go ahead as planned. Variety previously reported that the company was planning to sever ties with Clarkson and therefore, shelve the show.

The news comes after Clarkson issued a public apology to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on social media on Monday, January 16. The lengthy statement opened with the 62-year-old broadcaster saying: "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."

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Clarkson added in his apology: "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."

Following Clarkson's apology, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said: "While a new public apology has been issued today by Mr Clarkson, what remains to be addressed is his long-standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny.

"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." The first season of Clarkson's Farm is now available to watch on Amazon Prime. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.

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