Another twist in the Jeremy Clarkson argie-bargie controversy.

The BBC claims that the original registration plate H982 FKL displayed on Clarkson’s Porsche while he was filming Top Gear in Argentina was coincidental, and not a reference to the Falkland Islands war as aggrieved locals believed.

But there are now claims that BEll END, the registration plate found inside the car — which was smashed up by an angry mob — was not a derogatory slang word as originally thought, but a reference to End of Belgrano.

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There are new claims that the registration plate found inside the car - BEll END - was not a derogatory slang word as originally thought, but a reference to End of Belgrano

Jeremy Clarkson and presenters, Richard Hammond (left) and James May (right) in Argentina where they were attacked by locals over a number plate on his car which they believed was in reference to the Falklands War

The BBC claims that the original registration plate H982 FKL displayed on Clarkson’s Porsche while he was filming Top Gear in Argentina was coincidental

The Belgrano was the Argentine cruiser controversially sunk in 1982 by the submarine HMS Conqueror outside the Exclusion Zone with the loss of 323 lives.

No doubt, it’s another coincidence.

It recently emerged that the Top Gear stars used the car number plate for ten days after being warned that Argentinians believed it was an offensive reference to the Falklands War.

But Clarkson has claimed that if his employer thought he was in on the controversy he would have lost his job.

Clarkson has claimed that if his employer thought he was in on the controversy he would have lost his job