Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid butted heads on at present’s Good Morning Britain as they clashed over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The presenters, who returned to the ITV programme this morning, had been discussing the couple’s new Archewell Audio podcast after they got here to blows, with Piers claiming they’re ‘fleecing the royal title for industrial acquire’.
‘Right here’s my level, hear me out,’ the 55-year-old broadcaster argued. ‘All of it comes all the way down to the identical factor. Would Spotify have given them £2 in the event that they weren’t the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?’
‘Sure, they might have nonetheless given them the cash,’ Susanna replied. ‘They might as a result of they’ve received the profile.’
‘They wouldn’t have the profile with out being members of the royal household,’ Piers stated.
‘They’re fleecing their royal titles to generate profits, you realize they’re.’
Piers ripped into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (Image: AP)
Susanna retaliated: ‘If you happen to strip them of their titles, they’ll nonetheless be Harry and Meghan.’
‘Nice, allow them to go and do their factor as Meghan and Harry, however cease utilizing the Queen,’ Piers hit again.
‘I’m sorry, we’ve had this debate many instances. It’s fully inappropriate for members of the royal household to make use of their titles to fleece industrial entities on this method.’
‘They haven’t completed any fleecing,’ Susanna responded. ‘Spotify gave them the cash.’
Spotify shelled out a reported $25million (£18m) for Harry and Meghan’s newest post-royal endeavour, with the podcast climbing the charts.
Piers proceeded to straight assault Meghan, claiming she ‘clearly desires to make them fabulously wealthy’.
‘She’s are available, taken the prince, taken him to Hollywood, now utilizing the titles to make hundreds of thousands of kilos,’ he continued.
‘She’s fallen in love along with her life companion,’ Susanna interrupted.
‘Fallen in love with what he can do for her pockets,’ Piers replied.
‘I need to go and marry Prince Harry subsequent, severely I do. I need to go and marry Prince Harry and have a same-sex marriage.’
Effectively, we’ve heard all of it now.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.
