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Meghan Markle files complaint with ITV over Piers Morgan comments
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has lodged a complaint with British television station ITV over comments made about her by former breakfast host Piers Morgan.
Key points:
- ITV royal editor Chris Ship said the duchess was concerned about Piers Morgan’s comments about her mental health
- Morgan is casting the issue as one of freedom of speech
- But he has conceded that “it’s not for me to question if she felt suicidal”.
Morgan was hosting Good Morning Britain, one of the country’s top rated breakfast shows, when he said he did not believe a word the duchess had said during her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
ITV received more than 41,000 complaints, including from Meghan.
The station’s royal editor, Chris Ship, said the Duchess of Sussex filed her…
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