PIERS Morgan has branded Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “gutless weasels” in his latest blast at the couple.
The TV firebrand hit out amid claims the pair had considered naming the alleged royal racist who asked about the colour of Archie’s skin.
However, it’s reported they finally opted against making the person’s identity pubic knowledge.
And in a tweet, Piers said: “Go on then, you gutless weasels – name the supposed Royal racist and let them respond.
“Otherwise you continue to smear the whole family.”
Piers is a prolific critic of the couple – and walked away from Good Morning Britain after refusing to apologise to Meghan for accusing her of lying during the Oprah interview.
It was during the chat that the Duchess claimed a senior royal had questioned the colour of Archie’s skin before his birth.
She also claimed the tot wasn’t made a prince after “concerns and conversations” were raised about his complexion.
But when asked to name the person responsible for the comments, she refused – as it would be too “damaging”.
Oprah later confirmed it was neither the Queen nor Prince Philip.
But a newly-released chapter of Finding Freedom, a biography of the Sussexes, says the couple weighed up “sharing this detail” in the bombshell chat, the Daily Mail reports.
It reveals a source told authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand that the couple had thought about naming the person in question but had ultimately decided not to.
It also claims that Meghan found the interview “cathartic” and “liberating”.
However, the chat left Prince William “furious that private family matters were being discussed in the public domain”, it’s said.
Revelations in the chapter include:
- The royals were ‘quietly pleased’ Meghan was unable to attend Prince Philip’s funeral
- The brothers were heartbroken after the death of their grandfather
- William was ‘furious’ about the Oprah interview
- Harry’s Remembrance Sunday wreath was left in a box because he was ‘no longer a frontline royal’
- Meghan believes the Palace ‘tried to discredit’ her amid accusations over bullying
At the time of the allegations, the prince hit back and insisted the Royal Family was “very much not racist”.
The new chapter also contains claims that the Royal Family were “quietly pleased” that Meghan couldn’t make it to Prince Philip’s funeral.
The Duchess was unable to attend the service at Windsor Castle in April as she was pregnant with daughter Lilibet Diana at the time.
The book claims some royals were happy as they “didn’t want a circus” and feared she would “create a spectacle”.
Harry attended his grandfather’s funeral after making the 5,400-mile journey from his and Meghan’s home in California.
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Harry and Charles were said to be on only “light speaking terms” in the lead up to the day, but the pair chatted after the service.
Publisher HarperCollins said the latest edition will also share “behind the scenes” details of the Sussexes’ Oprah interview, as well as their move to the US.
And it will recount “Meghan’s emotional healing journey from losing a child to the birth of their daughter”.
Scobie, a journalist favoured by the couple, said of the first edition that the couple “did not authorise the book and have never been interviewed for it”.
Harry is now planning his own upcoming tell-all memoir that will give an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.
An expert previously speculated the Duke may name the royal who made the remark about Archie’s skin colour in his book.
Richard Kay said: “He will surely have to offer an explanation for this most sensational of claims.”
