Royals thanked me for Meghan takedown: Piers Morgan
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Firebrand Piers Morgan told an American TV show that he received messages on behalf of the Royal family for “standing up for them.”
Morgan — a British TV and newspaper personality — was outspoken in his criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s pally chat with Oprah Winfrey.
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He called the Duchess of Sussex a liar and “delusional.”
Now, Morgan has told Extra! that some Royals through emissaries expressed “gratitude” for his defense.
“I’ve had some messages communicated to me on behalf on several members of the Royal Family,” Morgan told Billy Bush.
Morgan stopped short of revealing who had thanked him.
“I’m not going to go into who it was… but gratitude that somebody was standing up,” he said.
The former Daily Mirror editor stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain following his explosive comments about Markle.
For starters, he said he didn’t “believe a word” of the former actress’ racism claims.
And in the wake of the controversy, he said the woke brigade have tried to put his career on ice.
“There’s been an attempt to cancel me. There’ve been many attempts like this before, and somehow I remain resolutely uncanceled,” Morgan said.
“In the end, I was required to apologize for disbelieving Meghan Markle, who I don’t believe — and I believe, which is ironic, that you should not believe somebody if you don’t want to.”
Following Morgan scoffing at Markle’s claims, it was reported that she personally contacted the head of ITV (Morgan’s former employer) to complain.
“It was certainly a very interesting revelation from where I sit, because clearly she was trying to put huge pressure on my bosses to take action against me,” he said.
But Markle may not have been alone: The network received more than 57,000 complaints about Morgan.
He called it an “online mob” who threatened both Morgan and his family.
“My wife’s always been completely supportive about this, but she hates the online abuse. The idea my sons had to be targeted by so-called liberals in a way that was threatening to them, abusive to them is completely disgusting,” he said.
And when asked what he would say to the former Suits actress, Morgan said he’d ask for an interview.
Then, he would put some “difficult questions” to her.
He said: ‘I would say to Meghan Markle, ‘Look… sit down with me with your husband for an equally long interview… and let me ask you more difficult questions about all your claims.
“But let me ask you a wider question, which is this: If you hate the royal family that much, why do you keep your royal titles? Why would you do that if it’s just not to make millions and millions of dollars?”
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Meanwhile, a new UK poll reveals that the public wants the Crown to bypass Prince Charles as the heir and install Prince William as the new sovereign when Queen Elizabeth dies.
Prince William has a 20-point lead – 47% to 27% – over his father Prince Charles. Some of the younger people polled want Woke Prince Harry as king.
More than half of the respondents – 51% – believe Harry and Markle have damaged the reputation of the monarchy.
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