Jeremy Clarkson confirms he's not been dropped from Amazon despite controversial article on Meghan

Jeremy Clarkson's deal with Amazon appears to be safe despite the television star being heavily criticised for a column he wrote about the Duchess of Sussex.

The streaming giant was reportedly considering cutting ties with the former Top Gear host following the controversial opinion piece, published in The Sun in December.

But it seems Clarkson's farming docuseries has been renewed for a third season.

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It follows confirmation Britain's Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has launched an investigation into the column.

The press watchdog will pursue two groups of complaints, from The Fawcett Society and the Wilde Foundation, which claim they were affected by breaches in accuracy, harassment and discrimination.

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In the piece, Clarkson said he hated Meghan and dreamed of her being paraded through towns and publicly shamed.

It has since become Ipso's most complained-about article after its publication, receiving more than 25,100 complaints.

Clarkson later apologised and described his language as "disgraceful" and said he was "profoundly sorry".

He revealed he had written an email to the Duke of Sussex on Christmas Day, apologising for the piece.

In January, Prince Harry and Meghan responded with a statement saying Clarkson's article was "not an isolated incident".

They said it showed Clarkson's "long standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories, and misogyny".

Prince Harry described the article as "horrific, hurtful and cruel" during an interview with ITV during the promotion for his book Spare.

The Sun also apologised and removed the article from its website.

There had been reports Amazon was considering cutting ties with Clarkson and would not be working on any further seasons beyond those already commissioned.

But following the premier of the second season of his documentary series Clarkson's Farm, which follows his efforts to run an Oxfordshire farm he bought in 2008, Clarkson told a fan a third season was on its way.

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When asked by a fan on Twitter if a third season was in the works Clarkson replied, "there is one".

There were also large queues outside Clarkson's newly reopened Diddly Squat farm shop in Chadlington, West Oxfordshire.

In the aftermath of the article, that shop had been temporarily shut.

Clarkson also co-hosts the Amazon Prime TV series The Grand Tour with his former Top Gear colleagues Richard Hammond and James May.

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