Piers Morgan has accused Prince Harry of turning his back on his country for ‘his wife’s movie career’.
Last night, the Duke of Sussex spoke out on his and Meghan Markle‘s decision to step down as senior royals and spend the majority of their time in North America, saying they had ‘no other option’.
Harry said: ‘Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve.
‘For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.
‘The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and I know I haven’t always got it right, but as far as this goes there really was no other option.’
And Piers – who has been seething about the Duke and Duchess’s bombshell decision since it was announced – wasn’t impressed by Harry’s justification for the move.
The Good Morning Britain host called Harry and Meghan ‘a pair of spoiled, entitled, hypocritical brats who decided to hold the Queen and Monarchy to ransom so they could have their royal cake and eat it, and have now had their bluff called and been sent packing’.
The Queen confirmed that Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles, will no longer receive public funds and will repay the millions spent renovating Frogmore Cottage, and said they can ‘no longer formally represent the Queen’.
In his latest column for Mail Online, Morgan, 54, took aim at Harry seemingly pitching Meghan’s voiceover talents to Disney boss Bob Iger at the premiere of The Lion King.
Meghan has since agreed a voiceover deal with Disney, which will make a donation to wildlife charity Elephants Without Borders which is supported by Harry.
Piers wrote: ‘We’ve already seen from the cringe-making clips of him (successfully) hustling the boss of Disney for Meghan for voiceover work, that the only “service” on their minds is to commercially exploit their royal status and promote her acting career.
‘They’re going to be the royal Kardashians, and no amount of doe-eyed victimhood whimpering can change that cold hard fact.’
The journalist continued: ‘The bottom line is that he was given a choice about which way to go with his life and he decided to quit on the Queen, the Monarchy, the military, and his country.
‘So, spare me all your crocodile patriotic dutiful tears, Harry. You’ve ditched it all for the big bucks and your wife’s movie career.’
This comes after Piers branded Prince Harry ‘pathetic’ on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain.
Meghan and Harry – who will now be known as Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex – have already begun a transition phase of living in Canada and the UK.
The Duchess is in the Commonwealth country with son Archie where the Sussexes spent six weeks over the festive period.
The move was agreed by the Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge following the Sussexes’ unprecedented statement released earlier this month saying they wanted to step back as senior royals and become financially independent.
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