In a scathing tweet on X, formerly known as Twitter, Piers Morgan expressed his disdain for the alleged deception, stating, "Wow... so they lied about having her support. Imagine doing that to the Queen as she neared the end of her life? Just disgusting."
The TalkTV host's tweet sparked a significant public debate, with some supporting Piers' sentiments and others urging him to stop criticizing the couple. One respondent suggested, "Give it a rest," while another questioned the need for such scrutiny, asking, "Did all the other women ask Elizabeth if they were allowed to use her name as their daughter’s middle name? Kate? Eugenie?"
The controversy stems from revelations in the new book "Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story" by Robert Hardman. According to one staff member cited in the book, the late Queen was described as being "as angry as I’d ever seen her" after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex publicly asserted that they wouldn't have used the monarch's family nickname if she had not been "supportive."