Piers Morgan lashes out at Harry and Meghan calling them 'shameless spoiled brats' after bombshell announcement

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Piers Morgan fired out a series of scathing tweets following the Sussexes shock announcement
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In a series of scathing Twitter posts, the Good Morning Britain host accused Harry and Meghan of “woke hypocrisy and constant whining”, saying the duchess had “split Harry from William and has now split him from the Royal Family.”

He was joined in his outrage by former royal chef Darren McGrady, who said Princess Diana would be "furious that Harry had been so manipulated" and would be "so mad" at her son right now.

Both men launched their verbal attacks just minutes after the Sussexes released a statement saying they had decided to “carve out a progressive new role” and would “work to become financially independent.”

Morgan has been fiercely critical of the Duchess of Sussex
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Morgan responded to the news by tweeting: “People say I'm too critical of Meghan Markle. But she ditched her family, ditched her Dad, ditched most of her old friends, split Harry from William & has now split him from the Royal Family.

“I rest my case.”

The presenter continued to reel out fiery posts for around three hours, calling the couple “shameless spoiled brats."

"Harry and Meghan have just published their new rulebook for the media to obey," he wrote. "Even Putin wouldn't try to pull a stunt like this.”

Fellow Twitter users stepped in to defend the young parents, with ex-cricketer Kevin Pietersen commenting: “LEAVE THEM ALONE, FATBOY.”

But the GMB host refused to back down, responding: “No. She’s breaking up our royal family after fleecing the public purse. As a taxpayer, and a Monarchist, I’m entitled to take a rather dim view of this.”

The presenter furthered his assault on the former actress by sharing a photo of her on her wedding day with the caption “What Meghan wants.. Meghan gets.”

He then said that he feared the couple had “both gone nuts”.

Addressing claims the pair failed to consult other members of the Royal Family before making their shock announcement, Morgan wrote: “Wow. What a disgraceful way to treat The Queen.

“Shame on Harry & Meghan."

The Queen's former chef echoed his analysis, writing: "Even in her darkest hour Princess Diana respected The Queen. She would have been so mad with Harry right now."

Mr McGrady added: "People saying Princess Diana would be proud don't know Princess Diana. She would have been furious that Harry had been so manipulated.

"I remember Princess Diana in the kitchen at Kensington Palace talking about 'her boys' ... 'William is deep like his father. Harry is an airhead like me'.

"I guess she nailed it."

However, not everyone has taken such a dismal view of the couple's move - a number of celebrities have sprung to their defence.

Music legend Bette Midler tweeted: “What a sad story. They hounded and bullied her until it was no longer tenable to stay, just like Diana."

While talk show host Toni Tone commented: “Meghan deserves peace. British press and too many British people have vilified her when she has done nothing but live her life."

British actress and social media influencer Jameela Jamil offered simply: "And that folks, is what power looks like."

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