Harry and Meghan, whose self-titled docuseries has drawn tens of millions of viewers worldwide with claims they were bullied out of their royal duties by William and the British press, are reportedly calling for a summit with key members of the family after the release of their Netflix show.

The Times reported the couple wants the institution to take responsibility for the “hurt and damage” they have suffered and they want the meeting before attending the King’s coronation in May.

It was reported they are allegedly irate that the palace worked tooth-and-nail for a meeting between Ngozi Fulani, the charity boss who said she was racially abused, and Lady Susan Hussey, a former lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth who was stripped of her role after the racism allegations were levelled at her.

Meanwhile, British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson said he was “horrified” after “causing so much hurt” in a column he wrote in Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, The Sun, about the Duchess of Sussex that sparked outrage at the weekend.

More than 6000 complaints have been made to the press regulator after Clarkson wrote in the newspaper that he “hated [Meghan] on a cellular level”.

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In a tweet on Monday, he said: “Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it.” He described a reference he made to a scene in Game of Thrones as “clumsy”.

“I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future,” he said.

Clarkson’s comments were widely criticised on social media. On Sunday, Clarkson’s own daughter Emily said: “I want to make it very clear that I stand against everything my dad wrote about Meghan Markle.”

But The Sun’s editor Victoria Newton dismissed claims of a “conspiracy” against the couple in the Netflix series by Buckingham Palace and the media, saying it did not stack up.

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“We had lots of dealings with the press officers at the time for Harry and Meghan and in particular I remember some of my dealings with them going back to when they were still in the family”, she said.

“Never once was I given a negative story about other members of the royal family to look after William and Kate for example,” she said.

“A lot of the time we were given more positive stories about Harry and Meghan from the royal [household] officially. The idea that we were always favouring William and Kate or the other royals over them is just simply not true.”