Piers Morgan criticised Meghan Markle for years, but that wasn’t always the case

“I found her to be a very smart, focused, thoughtful, feisty and confident woman … I really, really liked her.”

In his own words, Piers Morgan believed Meghan Markle to be “perfect princess material” back in December 2016, soon after it was revealed she was dating Prince Harry.

He wrote in his column for the Mail Online that, if he were Harry, he would be popping the question pretty damn sharpish as he was unlikely to find a better bride to keep him on his toes.

After all, he knew Meghan — they met for drinks at his local London pub the week she first dated Harry.

Then, according to Morgan, she “ghosted” him.

Over the past few years Morgan has been increasingly critical of Meghan, and to a lesser extent Harry, culminating in him storming…