Piers Morgan says criticism of Meghan Markle is not racist

Piers Morgan today denied criticism of the Duchess of Sussex was because she is mixed race, as he became embroiled in Twitter exchanges with various celebrities.

The DailyMail.com US editor-at-large said it was ‘ridiculous’ for black comedian Gina Yashere to say Meghan faced ‘constant racist vitriolic abuse disguised as criticism’.

Morgan, 54, added that that the condemnation instead had ‘everything to do with her being a shameless piece of work doing huge damage to our Royal Family’.

Gina Yashere in Los Angeles in March 2017

Piers Morgan (left, on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Tuesday) said it was ‘ridiculous’ for Gina Yashere (right, in Los Angeles in March 2017) to say Meghan faced ‘constant racist vitriolic abuse disguised as criticism’

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Archie in September 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Archie in September 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa

The conversation began when Yashere, who was born in London to Nigerian parents, tweeted a response to Morgan’s column on MailOnline criticising the royal couple.

She wrote today: ‘Please. Every black person knew this was coming. Constant racist vitriolic abuse disguised as criticism. They have the means to get the f*** out, and they did. Now the racists are whining in surprise. GTFOH [Get The F*** Out of Here].’

But Morgan replied: ‘Oh Gina, stop being so ridiculous. The criticism of Meghan Markle has nothing to do with her skin colour and everything to do with her being a shameless piece of work doing huge damage to our Royal Family.’

He added soon after: ‘How dare these two self-absorbed whining freeloaders treat the Queen like this? Who the hell do they think they are? Shameless and shameful.’  

Morgan, 54, told comedian Yashere that that the condemnation had ‘everything to do with her being a shameless piece of work doing huge damage to our Royal Family’

Morgan added soon after: 'How dare these two self-absorbed whining freeloaders treat the Queen like this? Who the hell do they think they are? Shameless and shameful'

Morgan added soon after: ‘How dare these two self-absorbed whining freeloaders treat the Queen like this? Who the hell do they think they are? Shameless and shameful’

Morgan also picked up on a tweet by pianist Myleene Klass, who said: ‘I’m missing something. Harry and Meghan changed job title, want to work, not ‘freeload’, earn their own £ and continue with their obligations to Queen, country, charity, plus build a life they choose and this is a problem because? Our taxes don’t come into it.’

Morgan replied: ‘Let me help: the taxpayer paid millions for their home refurbishment, and pays further millions for their security/travel. 

‘They wish to keep these perks for doing half their duty (the boring stuff) and living half their time abroad. That ain’t happening on my taxpayer watch.’

Morgan also tweeted a picture of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau – including the picture of him in blackface revealed during the election campaign in September. He said in quotes: ‘Meghan flees racist Britain for woke Trudeau-led Canada.’

Morgan also tweeted a picture of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau - including the picture of him in blackface revealed during the election campaign in September. He said in quotes: 'Meghan flees racist Britain for woke Trudeau-led Canada'

Morgan also tweeted a picture of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau – including the picture of him in blackface revealed during the election campaign in September. He said in quotes: ‘Meghan flees racist Britain for woke Trudeau-led Canada’

He also commented on a New York Times article by journalist Afua Hirsch which said the couple had put ‘two fingers up at the racism of the British establishment’.

Morgan replied, saying: ‘This ‘it’s all racism’ defence of Meghan is so wrong an d such a disgraceful smear on the British people who welcomed our first mixed-race royal with huge enthusiasm. Her racial background is not why she’s been criticised.’

Northampton Saints rugby player Courtney Lawes, who is mixed race, also responded to the NYT story, saying: ‘Is it any wonder nobody takes the word racism seriously anymore? The misuse of this word nowadays is genuinely embarrassing.’ 

The Good Morning Britain host was also criticised by his long-time rival Lord Sugar, who asked him on Twitter this morning: ‘Why don’t you come clean, Piers Morgan?

Morgan also commented on a New York Times article by journalist Afua Hirsch which said the couple had put 'two fingers up at the racism of the British establishment'

Morgan also commented on a New York Times article by journalist Afua Hirsch which said the couple had put ‘two fingers up at the racism of the British establishment’

Northampton Saints rugby player Courtney Lawes, who is mixed race, also responded to the NYT story, saying: 'Is it any wonder nobody takes the word racism seriously anymore?'

Northampton Saints rugby player Courtney Lawes, who is mixed race, also responded to the NYT story, saying: ‘Is it any wonder nobody takes the word racism seriously anymore?’

‘Tell your followers what you have against Meghan. Fact is she blew you out. You grovelled to take her to your pub once and since then she has not answered your grovelling calls. Had she acknowledged you it would be a different story. QED.’

But Morgan replied: ‘a) SHE asked to meet ME for a drink. b) I take people as I find them and Meghan’s someone who befriends people when they can help her but ditches them if she finds someone more important. Even you don’t do that and you’re a revolting human being.’

Morgan also hit out at a Guardian article which quoted a royal correspondent as saying in autumn 2018 that he had a ‘very tortured’ attitude towards the media.

Morgan also picked up on a tweet by pianist Myleene Klass, telling her that the 'taxpayer paid millions for their home refurbishment, and pays further millions for their security/travel'

Morgan also picked up on a tweet by pianist Myleene Klass, telling her that the ‘taxpayer paid millions for their home refurbishment, and pays further millions for their security/travel’

Piers Morgan is pictured with Myleene Klass - and Amanda Holden - in Kensington, West London, in December 2018

Piers Morgan is pictured with Myleene Klass – and Amanda Holden – in Kensington, West London, in December 2018

He responded, saying: ‘He’s not so ‘tortured’ when he & Meghan regularly use the press to promote themselves.

‘They’re just a pair of spoiled brats who only want positive media coverage (of which they’ve had a LOT) and throw their toys out of the pram if it’s negative (usually deserved).’

Writing on MailOnline yesterday, Morgan said: ‘What Meghan’s forgotten, or simply doesn’t understand, is that she and Harry aren’t important royals, they’re minor players with no chance of ever acceding to the throne.

The Good Morning Britain host was also criticised by his long-time rival Lord Sugar, who asked him on Twitter this morning: 'Why don't you come clean, Piers Morgan?'

The Good Morning Britain host was also criticised by his long-time rival Lord Sugar, who asked him on Twitter this morning: ‘Why don’t you come clean, Piers Morgan?’

Lord Sugar and Piers Morgan are pictured together on the latter's ITV show in June last year

Lord Sugar and Piers Morgan are pictured together on the latter’s ITV show in June last year

‘The biggest royal star is the Queen – followed by her son and heir Prince Charles and then his eldest son and heir Prince William. They are the constitutional future of the Monarchy, not Meghan and Harry.

‘But what genuinely worries me now is that the very future of the Monarchy may be in serious jeopardy if these two renegades have their way and become effectively a pair of rival royals bestriding the globe acting like they’re the big dogs, doing what the hell they like and using their royal fame to line their own pockets to the tune of millions like a pair of greedy, grasping hustlers, destroying the royal brand one grubby deal at a time.

‘It can’t be allowed to happen. Nobody tells the Queen what to do. She’s the most powerful, respected person in Britain. And right now, she’s facing a direct threat to everything she has worked so hard to maintain.

‘Harry and Meghan’s astonishingly brazen and selfish antics have left her no choice but to cut them loose and fire them both from the Royal Family. Get rid of these whining, ego-crazed, deluded leeches Ma’am – before it’s too late.’ 

Morgan also hit out at a Guardian article which quoted a royal correspondent as saying in autumn 2018 that he had a 'very tortured' attitude towards the media

Morgan also hit out at a Guardian article which quoted a royal correspondent as saying in autumn 2018 that he had a ‘very tortured’ attitude towards the media

Last night, it emerged the Duchess of Sussex had returned to Canada as the Queen and other senior royals took decisive action and ordered their teams to find a ‘workable solution’ to Harry and Meghan’s future roles.

The couple had only recently arrived in the UK after spending an extended festive break in the Commonwealth country but the duchess is now back with baby son Archie who remained behind, looked after by a nanny and friends of the duchess. 

A Buckingham Palace source said the Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge have asked aides to work ‘at pace’ with governments and the Sussex Household to find a solution to the couple’s plans to step back from their frontline roles as members of the monarchy and become financially independent royals.

It is understood Meghan was always due to return to Canada after a brief return trip to the UK. A source said ‘she came back to attend some meetings and then went back’.

Why the Queen must FIRE Their Royal Hustlers: Deluded Meghan and Harry should be stripped of their titles before this pair of grasping, selfish, scheming Kardashian-wannabes bring down the Monarchy, says PIERS MORGAN

Who the f**k do they think they are?

Seriously?

I’ve seen some disgraceful royal antics in my time, but for pure arrogance, entitlement, greed, and wilful disrespect, nothing has ever quite matched the behaviour of the ‘Duke and Duchess of Sussex.’

I put inverted commas around those titles because I sincerely hope they won’t exist much longer.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sit alongside the Queen at Buckingham Palace in June 2018

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sit alongside the Queen at Buckingham Palace in June 2018

Indeed, if I were Her Majesty the Queen, I would unceremoniously strip Harry and Meghan of all their titles with immediate effect and despatch them back into civilian life.

These two deluded clowns announced yesterday they were quitting life as senior royals.

In a series of staggeringly pompous statements on their gleaming new Hollywood-style website, they laid down the law to the Queen and to the rest of us about exactly how things are supposedly going to work from this moment on.

To summarise, they want to stop being ‘senior royals’ with all the tedious duty that entails.

And instead, they now want to be a ‘progressive’ force within ‘the institution’.

In other words, they want to be super-woke celebrities (with all the outrageous ‘Do as we say not as we do’ hectoring hypocrisy they’ve already brought to that status) who get to keep all the trappings of royal life without any of the hard, boring bits and the right to cash in on their status however they choose.

So, they want the glitz, the glamour, the splendour and the stupendous wealth….they just don’t want to have to actually earn it.

What a pathetic joke.

Prince Harry and Meghan leave following a visit to Canada House in London on Tuesday

In their lengthy list of pronouncements, Harry and Meghan say they will now be spending much of their time in North America, where they’ve just be lounging on their lazy backsides for six weeks ‘much-needed holiday’ – a holiday from what, exactly? – at a multi-millionaire’s waterside mansion in Canada.

Oh, and they’re going to seek to be ‘financially independent’.

It’s only when you read the details of this ‘independence’ that you realise what it actually means is they want to live off Harry’s dad’s money, from Prince Charles and his Duchy of Cornwall – which he only possesses by right of being the Queen’s heir.

They have also informed us they intend to continue living for free, when they grace the UK with their esteemed presence, at Frogmore Cottage, their palatial home in Windsor that was gifted to them by the Queen and which has been refurbished to their specifications at a cost to the taxpayer of millions of pounds.

Oh, and they expect to continue having royal protection too wherever they choose to live and travel – at further vast expense to the taxpayer.

And they’ll want all the other stuff that goes with that like VIP royal travel.

We all know there’s nothing these two fearless eco-warriors like more than stomping down their giant hypocritical carbon footprint one private jet at a time!

The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George pose on December 18 in a photograph to mark the start of the new decade in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace

The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George pose on December 18 in a photograph to mark the start of the new decade in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace

They also, hilariously, laid down their new rulebook for the media, saying they’re getting rid of the traditional Royal Rota system and will instead be inviting special favoured journalists to attend their events and only write nice positive things about them.

I chuckled with disbelief as I read this.

Even Vladimir Putin wouldn’t pull a stunt to control the press like that.

Luckily there is zero chance of the media following any ‘rules’ for covering these two now they’ve swapped royal duty for money-grabbing celebrity stardom.

If they want to be the new Kardashians, they’ll get treated like the new Kardashians.

It was shocking enough that Harry and Meghan didn’t even have the courtesy to tell either Prince Charles, who they sponge off, or Prince William of their grandiose plans.

But it was absolutely appalling that they failed to notify the Queen.

This woman is not just Harry’s grandmother, she’s the Monarch for god’s sake.

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at Château de Candé in France at their wedding in June 1937

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at Château de Candé in France at their wedding in June 1937 

She has spent the past six decades on the throne and by common consent has served her people with magnificent grace, commitment, respect and skill.

Elizabeth II will go down in history as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, monarchs.

Yet now, at the age of 93, and with her 98-year-old husband Prince Philip suffering ill health, she’s had to suffer the repulsively rude indignity of being treated like a piece of insignificant dirt by her own spoiled brat grandson and his scheming, selfish D-list actress wife.

Of course, and very ironically, she is only Queen because her own uncle, Edward VIII, also fell under the romantic clutches of another American woman, Wallis Simpson, and felt compelled to resign as King.

That led to his brother George VI taking over, and when he died, his eldest daughter Elizabeth was crowned Queen in her mid-20s.

Now, after surviving a number of royal crises including the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Her Majesty faces another that could cause potentially irreparable damage to the Monarchy.

I don’t say this lightly.

Make no mistake, Harry and Meghan going rogue like this is an earthquake that will shake the very foundations of the Royal Family to the core, especially coming so soon after Prince Andrew was fired over his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Queen, Meghan, Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate at Buckingham Palace in July 2018

The Queen, Meghan, Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate at Buckingham Palace in July 2018

And just as she did with her second son, the Queen has to move fast and decisively to shut down this crisis.

How the hell has it come to this less than two years after a wedding that was greeted with global excitement and praise?

Two words: Meghan Markle.

I’ve made no secret of my dislike for, and distrust of Meghan.

We were friends for a while, or I thought we were.

She certainly told the world we were in publicly posted tweets (now deleted) before most people in Britain had ever heard of her, and while she was asking me in my local pub for media advice.

But from the moment she met Prince Harry, I was discarded faster than a piece of chewing gum stuck to the bottom of her Louboutin heels.

For a while, I continued supporting her in public, refusing to believe someone who seemed so nice and normal could be quite that calculating and ruthless.

But I never heard from her again, and when I saw her do the same to her own father Thomas, I realised this is what Meghan does when people are either no longer of use to her or might be ‘problematic’ to the bigger prize.

A christening photograph shows Harry and Meghan with their son Archie and (left to right) Camilla, Prince Charles, Meghan's mother Doria Ragland, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Prince William and Kate in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle last July

A christening photograph shows Harry and Meghan with their son Archie and (left to right) Camilla, Prince Charles, Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Prince William and Kate in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle last July

To put it bluntly, she’s an unsavoury manipulative social-climbing piece of work who has inveigled her way into Prince Harry’s heart and used his blind love as a platform to now destroy everything he once held so dear.

She’s caused a tremendous rift between Harry and William.

She’s ruined Harry’s reputation with the public as a hugely popular fun, carefree soul, turning him into a miserable-looking, virtue-signalling laughing stock.

And now she’s ripped him away from his beloved grandmother, the Queen.

None of this has surprised me.

Meghan’s been doing this kind of stuff all her adult life.

She’s disowned 99 per cent of her own family.

She’s ditched and ghosted numerous old friends.

She got rid of her ex-husband when she tasted TV stardom.

And the former Deal or No Deal suitcase girl has done all this with barely a glance back to her past.

Nothing said more about Me-Me-Meghan than her wedding day when she plonked newly-acquired A-list celebrity friends like Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney up the front where most brides usually put their family.

Charles, William, Kate, Meghan and Harry at the 2018 Christmas Day service at Sandringham

Charles, William, Kate, Meghan and Harry at the 2018 Christmas Day service at Sandringham

Only her mother Doria was allowed to sit with the celebrities, with the rest of the seething, hurt Markles were left back at home to watch it all on television with the hoi polloi.

I had lunch with a good friend of Harry’s soon after the wedding and he said that he and various other very close mates of the Prince were stunned not to be asked to the spectacular evening wedding party, and even more dismayed when they discovered a load of celebrities had got their invitations instead.

‘We realised then that Meghan’s calling all the shots,’ he said.

And the 38-year-old divorcee has carried on calling them ever since.

As Harry reportedly told courtiers during an argument before the wedding day: ‘What Meghan wants, Meghan GETS!’

Well now she wants to have her royal cake and eat it.

Meghan wants to live the life of an A-list star off the back of her new royal fame, cherry-picking all the good stuff like luxury tours, movie premieres, charity galas and Hollywood parties.

But she doesn’t want to get her hands dirty opening a community hall on a wet Wednesday in Stoke-on-Trent. That’s for the little royal people, not a superstar Princess like her.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their tour of South Africa, in Johannesburg last October

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their tour of South Africa, in Johannesburg last October

What Meghan’s forgotten, or simply doesn’t understand, is that she and Harry aren’t important royals, they’re minor players with no chance of ever acceding to the throne.

The biggest royal star is the Queen – followed by her son and heir Prince Charles and then his eldest son and heir Prince William.

They are the constitutional future of the Monarchy, not Meghan and Harry.

But what genuinely worries me now is that the very future of the Monarchy may be in serious jeopardy if these two renegades have their way and become effectively a pair of rival royals bestriding the globe acting like they’re the big dogs, doing what the hell they like and using their royal fame to line their own pockets to the tune of millions like a pair of greedy, grasping hustlers, destroying the royal brand one grubby deal at a time.

It can’t be allowed to happen.

Nobody tells the Queen what to do.

She’s the most powerful, respected person in Britain.

And right now, she’s facing a direct threat to everything she has worked so hard to maintain.

Harry and Meghan’s astonishingly brazen and selfish antics have left her no choice but to cut them loose and fire them both from the Royal Family.

Get rid of these whining, ego-crazed, deluded leeches Ma’am – before it’s too late.

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