Piers Morgan couldn’t help a jibe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during the Platinum Jubilee.
The TalkTV host hinted that “tension” between the royals could get worse amid the Queen’s confirmed absence from Friday’s (June 3) National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the monarch, who is celebrating 70 years on the throne, will be absent tomorrow after pulling out “with great reluctance” after experiencing “some discomfort” during Thursday’s Jubilee celebrations.
The full statement added: “Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate in tomorrow’s National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, Her Majesty, with great reluctance, has concluded that she will not attend.”
But speaking on his talk show, Piers suggested that “tension” between the Queen and Harry and Meghan could get worse without the Queen there as “glue” to hold everyone together.
Piers said sources at the Palace told him that the Trooping of the Colour parade had been “tense” behind the scenes, describing the atmosphere as “frosty”.
He said: “The rest of the family went into the garden and were milling around and they [Meghan and Harry] just disappeared.
“So there is already a lot of tension there and the only glue it seems in the whole tension is The Queen, and she’s not going to be there [tomorrow]!”
Jockey and guest on Piers’ show Frankie Dettori added: “When you look at The Queen’s schedule for the next three or four days it’s really so much and we forget she is a great old age of 96.
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“And also she’s going to miss the Derby on Saturday, which is probably the first time in over 50 years. But we all wish her well and perhaps to pace yourself a little bit… I think we ask a lot of her.”
In a patriotic statement at the end of the show, Piers said: “What a day, my entire life I’ve only ever had one Queen.
“Elizabeth II has been the head of this country for every second I’ve been a live, in fact a lot more seconds. There are not many people on the planet who haven’t lived the majority of their lives with her as the monarch in this country.
“She means something of course to everyone and to see her today after all the concerns about her health, her mobility, her brush with Covid.”
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He added in a poignant statement that it will “certainly be sadly this Queen’s last Jubilee”.
Piers continued: “To see her marching out with the big grin, the Tom Cruise Maverick sunglasses on, to greet her adoring public is a sight I’ll never forget.
“This is Britain’s first ever Platinum Jubilee, it might be the last we ever see. It will certainly be sadly this Queen’s last Jubilee and I am just grateful that we’ve had this opportunity to show her we love her, we respect her and what she means to us and how important she has been to Britain.”
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