{"id":706276,"date":"2021-09-01T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706276"},"modified":"2021-09-01T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:50:59","slug":"piers-morgan-cleared-in-british-government-inquiry-over-controversial-comments-about-meghan-markle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piers-morgan-cleared-in-british-government-inquiry-over-controversial-comments-about-meghan-markle\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan Cleared In British Government Inquiry Over \u2018Controversial\u2019 Comments About Meghan Markle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpiers-morgan-cleared-in-british-government-inquiry-over-controversial-comments-about-meghan-markle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706276&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Piers-Morgan.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>British broadcaster Piers Morgan was cleared by the British government\u2019s office of communications following an inquiry into comments he made calling into question claims the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, made in a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey \u2014 specifically claims that Markle experienced racism from the royal family and was prevented from getting help for suicidal thoughts while she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan was subsequently fired from his post on \u201cGood Morning Britain\u201d over the comments, and after \u201can orchestrated social media campaign spearheaded by his \u2018woke\u2019 critics including several Labour MPs, who accused him of racism, sexism and mocking suicide,\u201d the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>Markle herself is believed to be one of those who complained to the government about Morgan\u2019s comment that he did not \u201cbelieve a word\u201d Markle said to Winfrey.<\/p>\n<p>Markle claimed, in the interview, that a senior royal questioned whether her son with Prince Harry, Archie, would have a darker skin tone, and claimed that Archie was denied the royal title, \u201cprince,\u201d because he was mixed race. Members of the royal family and palace aides denied the first claim; the second was proven false. Archie was denied the title of \u201cprince\u201d as a result of early 20th century letters patent issued well before Archie \u2014 or Meghan, or Queen Elizabeth \u2014 was born. An exception was carved out for Prince William\u2019s children because they are in direct line of succession to the British throne.<\/p>\n<p>Markle also claimed that she was denied help for suicidal thoughts she had while heavily pregnant with Archie. Although there has been little comment on that matter, critics have pointed out that Harry, his brother William, the Duke of Cambridge, and his sister-in-law, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, have all spoken bluntly on the subject of mental health and, together, formed a mental health charity. Harry claims to have been in therapy for years, raising questions of how his own wife could be denied treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, \u201cOfcom,\u201d agreed that Morgan\u2019s comments, while controversial, were not criminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Morgan\u2019s comments were potentially harmful and offensive to viewers, and we recognize the strong public reaction to them. But we also took full account of freedom of expression. Under our rules, broadcasters can include controversial opinions as part of legitimate debate in the public interest, and the strong challenge to Mr. Morgan from other contributors provided important context for viewers,\u201d the entity said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNonetheless, we\u2019ve reminded ITV to take greater care around content discussing mental health and suicide in future. ITV might consider the use of timely warnings or signposting of support services to ensure viewers are properly protected,\u201d Ofcom continued.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan responded to the decision on Twitter, demanding his job back, and labeling Meghan \u201cPrincess Pinocchios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted OFCOM has endorsed my right to disbelieve the Duke &amp; Duchess of Sussex\u2019s incendiary claims to Oprah Winfrey, many of which have proven to be untrue. This is a resounding victory for free speech and a resounding defeat for Princess Pinocchios. Do I get my job back?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British broadcaster Piers Morgan was cleared by the British government\u2019s office of communications following an inquiry into comments he made calling into question claims the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}