With Buckingham Palace apparently determined to handle the couple’s allegations of racism within the royal family “privately”, more public recriminations are happening in British media following TV host Piers Morgan’s decision to quit his job on Good Morning Britain.
Morgan, whose left after network executives pressed him to apologise for his vociferous criticism of Meghan, was defiant as he spoke outside his home in London today.
Meanwhile, his former co-host Susanna Reid began this morning’s edition of GMB by addressing the controversy.
Read on for all the details, and the latest updates.
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Sharon Osbourne has been one of the few celebs to speak out in defence of Piers Morgan after he left ITV, tweeting "I am with you. I stand by you. People forget that you’re paid for your opinion and that you’re just speaking your truth."
In scenes just aired during chat show The Talk in the US, Osbourne is seen snapping at Black co-host Sheryl Underwood as the pair discuss whether Morgan's Meghan outbursts were racist.
Osbourne's behaviour saw her dubbed "Karen Osbourne" in this clip going viral this morning:
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jskaren osbourne begging to be canceled live on the talk right now pic.twitter.com/YU217LK5rL
— Déjà The View (@dejatheviewpod) March 10, 2021
"I will ask you again, Sheryl – and don't try and cry, because if anyone should be crying, it should be me," Osbourne warned her co-host.
"You tell me, educate me, where you have heard (Piers) say racist things. Educate me! Tell me!" she screamed, as her co-host calmly offered an explanation in response.
It's car crash TV.
"I'm gonna be a little late, watching Sharon Osbourne lose her job live on TV." one viewer tweeted.
"Sharon Osbourne doubling-down on supporting Piers Morgan for his racist and egotistical harassment of Meghan Markle, today on her talk show. She's a grown woman. She doesn't need her black co-hosts to explain to her why what Piers did was wrong," said another.
"Go and educate yourself Sharon Osbourne and stop demanding that Black women educate you for free. What disgusting behaviour," wrote another.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsSharon Osbourne is on TV ruining her career right now…what are you thinking?
You have Black women SPOONFEEDING you answers, generously giving their own experiences, and your main concern is bickering over them
She said "I feel like I'm about to be put in the electric chair"
— 🌱 kite 💀 🕊 (@hellgyre) March 10, 2021
News.com.au's Sam Clench notes that Harry and Meghan seemed keen to avoid criticising specific family members during their tell-all – with one striking exception.
In a detailed new examination of Monday's two-hour interview, Clench observes that both Harry and Meghan have carefully cast Charles as the antagonist in their story.
"Multiple key decisions the Sussexes resent can be traced back to Charles. And if they’re angry with other members of the family, they never expressed it during the interview. He was the only one to cop any level of hostility," he writes.
Meghan Markle's close friend, actress Janina Gavankar, appeared on UK's This Morning overnight – but was slammed by host Phillip Schofield for being "unbelievably guarded and saying nothing".
Javina explained she was very close to Harry and Meghan and had their support for her TV appearance: "Oh yes absolutely. I talk to them all of the time. We watched the special together actually."
When Javina said she didn't speak for Harry and Meghan, only for herself, Schofield grew frustrated.
"I'm not entirely sure what it is that you're saying… If you were going to come on the telly to be unbelievably guarded and practically say nothing – what is your role today?"
Javina hit back, saying she was "surprised" by his questions: "I am not a purported Royal expert, I'm just a person who can gladly say the truth can finally come out."
"I do wonder… Your producers asked me to be here, but they know I don't speak for them. I can only speak for myself," she continued.
Later in the interview, Javina denied the host's assertion that Meghan and Harry had publicly "nuked" his family.
"I don't think their intention was to nuke them, it was the chance to finally tell their truth," she said.
If Piers Morgan is in the market for another job, there's already an offer of sorts on the table for him.
Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil, who is now the chairman of GB News, told the BBC his channel would definitely be interested in finding a role for Morgan.
"Piers would be a huge asset to GB News, and we'll definitely look at that," he said.
"We would certainly be delighted to talk to him if he's up for it.
"Could we find a role for Piers Morgan? Of course we could. Any network worth its salt could find a role for a broadcaster of his calibre."
A friend of Meghan Markle's has spoken to The Daily Mail, revealing the Duchess has "no regrets" about doing the interview with Oprah.
"Meghan said she has absolutely no regrets about what was said during the interview and that speaking with Oprah was both cathartic and transformative," the friend said.
"The best decision she ever made, other than marrying Harry."
Ominously, Meghan apparently said the royals "should be relieved that she didn't name names" or "go into even more details of what went on behind closed doors".
"She couldn't be happier with the end result," said the source.
"She said she's moved on, but is open to communicating with anyone from the royal family who wants to engage in a constructive conversation."
The Sun has a touch more detail on the complaint Meghan Markle made to ITV before host Piers Morgan quit Good Morning Britain.
The complaint came after Morgan slammed Meghan's interview with Oprah, saying he didn't believe a word she said.
Apparently, the Duchess's concern "was not about the personal attacks on the validity of her racism allegation made against the royal family, or her claims she was not supported by the institution when experiencing suicidal thoughts".
Rather, her complaint focused on "how Morgan's comments may affect the issue of mental health generally and those attempting to deal with their own problems".
Morgan left after defying pressure from the network to apologise for his remarks.
Hello there, I'll be taking control of this blog for the next few hours. I'm sure there will be plenty more royal news to cover.
A defiant Piers Morgan has spoken outside his home in London. The now ex-TV host stood by his comments about Meghan Markle and his refusal to apologise for them, which led to what he called an "amicable" split with ITV.
Earlier Susanna Reid, Morgan's former co-host on Good Morning Britain, opened this morning's show by addressing the controversy.
“A number of people will know the news and many of you will not and will be surprised that Piers Morgan is not here this morning," she said.
"Now, Piers and I have disagreed on many things, and that dynamic was one the things that viewers loved about the program.
“He is, without doubt, an outspoken, challenging, opinionated, disruptive broadcaster. He has many critics and he has many fans.
“You all know that I disagreed with him about Meghan’s interview, he himself clarified his comments about her mental health on the show yesterday.
“There are many voices on GMB, and everyone has their say. But now Piers has decided to leave the program. Some of you may cheer and others will boo.
“It is certainly going to be very different. But shows go on, and so on we go.”
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js‘Shows go on and so on we go.’
‘He has been a voice for many of you and a voice that many of you have railed against.’@susannareid100 speaks about Piers’ resignation from GMB. pic.twitter.com/sVTcKMwx8N
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 10, 2021
The media hounding of Meghan shows more needs to be done on press bullying, a UK MP has told The Guardian.
Holly Lynch coordinated a letter from 70 women MP's across the political divide in October 2019 condemning the UK media's treatment of Meghan, which criticised the “often distasteful and misleading” stories. Meghan phoned Ms Lynch after she sent the letter.
Ms Lynch said she shared Harry's concerns about "history repeating itself" and felt media outlets had not listened to warnings that MPs would not tolerate the onslaught of negative coverage.
“Those were some of my concerns when we took the decision to put that letter together,” Lynch told the Guardian. “A lot of media outlets have not heeded those calls for a change, which is why we might start needing to think about a case to government about how we stop hounding women in public life and put them in a position where they feel suicidal.”
Harry told Oprah that he received more support from unknown MPs than from his own family.
“I guess one of the most telling parts, and the saddest parts, was over 70 … female members of parliament, both Conservative and Labour, came out and called out the colonial undertones of articles and headlines written about Meghan,” he said. “Yet no one from my family ever said anything over those three years. And that hurts.”
You can't keep the man down.
Despite the controversial host departing Good Morning Britain abruptly after six years on the show, Piers is still happy to brag about going out on a ratings high.
He's just tweeted this.
The Queen will personally quiz senior royals about Meghan and Harry's damaging racism claims, according to The Sun.
The investigation will draw in all the bigs names including William, Kate, Charles and Camilla to establish what happened. It's been reported that the Queen has already held several Zoom calls with Harry and Meghan and more are expected in the coming weeks.
Both Charles and William are "deeply upset" that there are questions surrounding whether they made the alleged racist remarks, according to a palace source.
Another source also claimed that Prince Charles has insisted he had not been racist towards the couple and felt let down by their allegations.
“The Prince is proud of the diversity of this country and believes the diversity of Britain’s modern society is its greatest strength," the source said.
“He wholeheartedly believes that our country owes a huge debt of gratitude to the rich diversity of cultures that make up our society and going forward is at the heart of what we can be as a nation.
"He truly believes the diversity of our society gives us so much to celebrate.”
The royal family is also said to be worried that the couple could name and shame the person who allegedly commented on the colour of Archie's skin before he was born. Harry refused to reveal which member of the family was behind the comments in the Oprah interview.
“That conversation I’m never going to share, but at the time it was awkward. I was a bit shocked," he said.
A senior royal source told The Sun that Palace aides would also be looking into Meghan’s claims she asked for mental health support but was refused it.
“One of the things that will be looked at is why on earth did Meghan go to the Palace HR department for help and not to senior members of the Family," the source said.
“They have medical households full of medical experts that could have helped with everything.”
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