AN unlikely war of words has broken out between Good Morning Britain co-stars Piers Morgan and Alex Beresford.
The trouble began when the 40-year-old weatherman replied to one of the 55-year-old host‘s tweets – telling him to give Meghan Markle a break.
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Piers had shared a shot of the Duchess of Sussex alongside Wallace Simpson, the American socialite Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry.
He wrote: “I think it’s maybe time to ban our Princes from marrying American women.”
But Alex replied: “You ever stop and think maybe you should give this woman carrying a baby a break?”
Referring to the Queen, whose husband Prince Phillip is currently unwell, he shot back: “You mean like she’s giving a 94yr-old woman a break as her husband lies in hospital?”
Unwilling to give up, Alex brought up the Queen’s second son, replying: “I reckon Andrew has given her a harder time…but yeah let’s get back to Meghan…”
Piers told him: “I’ve addressed Andrew multiple times this week, as you know.
“But Meghan’s chosen this weekend to trash her husband’s family on global TV, as Philip lies in hospital. You can support that all you wish, I think it’s shameful.”
Alex replied again: “So sorry your Andrew tweets must be buried under all the Meghan ones! And it’s Harry and Meghan…”
Piers has long been one of Meghan’s fiercest critics but has posted about her regularly in the run-up to an explosive interview she is doing on US TV.
She and Prince Harry have sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a special that will air in the UK on Monday night,
Piers and Alex’s Twitter spat is far from the first time they have clashed, with the host once introducing him saying: “He is far from being the greatest weatherman of all time.”
He also called him creepy while Alex has branded Piers “desperate for headlines”.
Last month Alex also announced that he has never seen an episode of Piers’ show Life Stories, despite it airing on the channel he works for since 2009.
They also clashed – albeit in jokey fashion – when Piers branded Alex a “dimwit” after he said he’d wear the baby-carrier to help out around the house when his son Cruz was young.
He added: “Thick women would prefer Beresford, dimwit Beresford with his papoose and his tattoos. Any woman with a brain would pick me.”
