Piers Morgan lashes out at Meghan and Harry following Oprah interview

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High-profile UK television host Piers Morgan has lashed out at Meghan Markle, labelling her explosive two-hour, tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey as "repulsive", "cowardly" and "disgraceful" at a time when the Queen's husband lies seriously ill in hospital.

"By the time I'd finished the whole two-hour orgy of pious, self-indulgent, score-settling twaddle, the steam was erupting out of my ears like an exploding geyser," Morgan wrote for the UK Daily Mail.

"Never have I watched a more repulsively disingenuous interview. Nor one more horrendously hypocritical or contradictory."

He said the pair were "flinging out the filthy family laundry for the delectation of tens of millions of people all over the world, whilst simultaneously bleating about press intrusion".

He was particularly critical of Meghan's racism claims - that a member of the royal family had queried what colour her baby would be during a conversation with Harry.

"In fact, she said there were several conversations, whereas he said there was only one. But neither of them would name the offending royal.

"Harry said he would never reveal the name. So, we're now left to view all the royals as racists. Nor were we given any details of exactly what was said, or in what context it was said.

"Would an older senior royal innocently asking Harry what skin colour his baby might have, given that Meghan's mother is black and her father white, constitute racism?"

He said the world wouldn't know "because having let off the racism bomb, the Sussexes won't say any more. I find that cowardly."

He said Markle followed that up with an unproven assertion that someone at the palace "decided to change the rules specifically to prevent her son Archie from being a prince, because of his skin colour".

As Meghan and Harry both knew, he wrote, "the only person who has final say over titles is the Queen".

He said it was hard to think of a more disgraceful slur against a "woman who has devoted her whole life to the service of her country and the Commonwealth".

"The Queen is not a racist and has never been a racist. To even suggest that she might be is disgusting.

"But to do so at a time when her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip has spent the past few weeks lying seriously ill in hospital is worse than that, it's contemptible."

Morgan summed up the entire interview as appalling and also took to Twitter to let his feelings known:

I wouldn’t believe Meghan Markle if she gave me a weather report.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2021

In follow up tweets, Morgan said Harry "wants America and the rest of the world to hate his own family, hate the monarchy and hate his country".

Harry wants America and the rest of the world to hate his own family, hate the Monarchy and hate his country.
I suggest everyone waits for the victims of his wife’s rampage to have their say on her outlandish claims before they do so.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2021

"I suggest everyone waits for the victims of his wife's rampage to have their say on her outlandish claims before they do so," he added.

It is no secret that the UK Good Morning Britain host is no fan of Markle.

"Let's be clear: Prince Harry and his wife just spent two hours trashing everything the Queen stands for & has worked so hard to maintain, whilst pretending to support her," he said in another tweet. "And they did it while her 99yr-old husband Philip is seriously ill in hospital.

"It's contemptible."

Let’s be clear: Prince Harry and his wife just spent two hours trashing everything the Queen stands for & has worked so hard to maintain, whilst pretending to support her.
And they did it while her 99yr-old husband Philip is seriously ill in hospital.
It’s contemptible. pic.twitter.com/W8dBoNI7d8

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2021

He called the interview "an absolutely disgraceful betrayal of the Queen and the royal family".

"I expect all this vile destructive self-serving nonsense from Meghan Markle - but for Harry to let her take down his family and the monarchy like this is shameful," he added.

This interview is an absolutely disgraceful betrayal of the Queen and the Royal Family. I expect all this vile destructive self-serving nonsense from Meghan Markle - but for Harry to let her take down his family and the Monarchy like this is shameful. #OprahMeghanHarry pic.twitter.com/F2QDxELSsr

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2021

He also tweeted: "Is it too late for Oscar nominations? #Meghan", hinting that he believed she was faking her feelings during the internet, as she spoke about her suicidal thoughts and her quest to keep her son safe.

• CBS presents Oprah with Meghan and Harry will broadcast on Three on Tuesday at 7.30pm.

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