Statement from The Sun regarding IPSO's ruling about Jeremy Clarkson's column

After Jeremy Clarkson's column was published in December, both The Sun and Jeremy Clarkson apologised. We said we regretted publishing the article and removed it from our website.

The Sun accepts that with free expression comes responsibility. 

Half of The Sun's readers are women and we have a very long and proud history of campaigning for women which has changed the lives of many.  

The Sun is committed to its work campaigning to strengthen legislation on domestic abuse, helping to provide beds in refuges and empowering survivors of abuse to seek help. Our most recent campaign, Baby Bank on Us, is raising money to help women struggling with the alarming costs of living and a newborn baby. 

IPSO has ruled that The Sun published a column about the Duchess of Sussex which contained a pejorative and prejudicial reference to the Duchess' sex. The committee did not uphold separate elements of the complaint that the article was inaccurate, harassed the Duchess of Sussex, and included discriminatory references to her on the ground of race.

The Sun is today publishing the summary of IPSO's findings.