Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that Prince William will appear in a future season of his hit TV series Clarkson’s Farm in another sign of the rift between Buckingham Palace and Montecito.
The Prince of Wales’ planned appearance on the Amazon Prime series comes just two years after Clarkson and Prince Harry suffered a very public fall out over a controversial article written by the former Top Gear presenter about Meghan Markle.
In the column, written for The Sun, Clarkson said he hated the Duchess of Sussex on ‘a cellular level’ and wanted to see Meghan paraded through the streets, naked, while people threw excrement at her.
Clarkston later apologised by email to the Sussexes and said he was ‘mortified’, but Harry’s spokesperson condemned ‘his long-standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny’.
However, the war of words between the pair does not seem to have affected Clarkson’s relationship with the royals with Prince William set to appear on the ‘next-but-one-series’ of Clarkson’s Farm.
The announcement comes after Prince William made a public visit to Clarkson’s Oxfordshire farm – known as DIddly Squat – in March 2025.
During his visit the Prince of Wales met stars of the show Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland and he revealed that Prince George is a fan.
William told Kaleb: ‘You’ve got George watching now. I said to him ‘What shall I say if I meet Kaleb?’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2025. Jeremy Clarkson and Prince Harry suffered a very public fall out over a controversial article written by the former Top Gear presenter about Meghan
Prince William with Clarkson’s Farm stars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland earlier this year. It has been announced that the Prince of Wales will appear in an upcoming episode of the series.
Clarkson with Harry’s childhood friend High van Cutsem on the show. William will become the second person close to Prince Harry to join Clarkson at Diddly Squat Farm after Hugh
‘He said ‘Tell Kaleb to mind his language’.’
William will become the second person close to Prince Harry to join Clarkson at Diddly Squat Farm after his childhood friend Hugh van Cutsem appeared on the show last year.
Details about Hugh’s appearance on Clarkson’s show and his old friendship with Harry were revealed by the Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden.
But after Clarkson’s comments about Meghan in December 2022, Hugh’s appearance alongside him would surely have been unthinkable were they still friends.
Hugh, 49, whose late father, also Hugh, was one of King Charles’s oldest friends, has known Harry and Prince William all their lives. William was senior usher at Hugh’s wedding, when he married Rose Astor in 2005, and is godfather to their daughter Grace.
Grace was a bridesmaid at William and Catherine’s wedding six years later and almost stole the show when she covered her ears on the Buckingham Palace balcony because of the noise of the cheering crowds as the newlyweds kissed.
Hugh and Rose did their bit to make Meghan feel at home after she moved here, having her and Harry to supper at their house in West London. They also attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018.
Despite the backlash from his article about the Duchess of Sussex, Clarkson has only deepened his ties with the royal family in the years since the controversy.
Queen Camilla at a Christmas lunch in December 2022. Clarkson was a guest at the event just days before his notorious column about Meghan Markle was released
In March 2024, the tv host rubbed shoulders with senior royals when he joined them for a weekend away in Bahrain to watch the Grand Prix. In attendance was Princess Eugenie (pictured: disembarking a private jet after the race)
Clarkson with his partner Lisa after landing back in the UK after a weekend with the royals watching the F1
During his interview with the Sunday Times last weekend, Clarkson was getting ready to have lunch at the White’s club in Mayfair – where Prince William and King Charles III are known members.
Clarkson would not reveal who he was meeting at the private members club only divulging that he was meeting ‘friends’ with a cheeky wink.
In March 2024, the tv host rubbed shoulders with senior royals when he joined them for a weekend away in Bahrain to watch the Grand Prix.
After the race, Clarkson was spotted disembarking a private jet in Oxford alongside Mike and Zara Tindall as well as Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank.
Clarkson also joined Queen Camilla at an exclusive Christmas lunch in December 2022.
Also in attendance was Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench at the ‘white truffle’ lunch, held at Murano in Mayfair, central London on Wednesday.
The glitzy event at the Michelin-starred restaurant, owned by Angela Hartnett, was hosted by Ewan Venters, the former head of royal grocer Fortnum & Mason.
Just days after the event, Clarkson penned his now notorious column about the Duchess of Sussex.
Clarkson is known to frequent the White’s Club in Mayfair where Prince William and King Charles III are members
Hugh with his wife Rose van Cutsem at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018
Hugh during his appearance on Clarkson’s Farm. After Clarkson’s comments about Meghan in December 2022, Hugh’s appearance alongside him would surely have been unthinkable were they still friends
Meghan earlier this year. In the column, written for The Sun, Clarkson said he hated the Duchess of Sussex on ‘a cellular level’ and wanted to see Meghan paraded through the streets, naked, while people threw excrement at her
His piece was widely criticised at the time and saw 25,000 complaints lodged against The Sun – the highest number since Ipso was established in 2014.
An investigation into the article in 2023 ruled that it was indeed sexist.
It has since been removed from the publications website and Clarkson apologised saying he had ‘completely messed up’.
Clarkson also said he had emailed the couple over Christmas 2022 to tell them ‘the language I’d used in my column was disgraceful and that I was profoundly sorry’.
The Sun also said it was ‘sincerely sorry’ for its publication.
However, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan said the apology had been dismissed.
