‘Outrageous’: Piers Morgan slams Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over award for calling Royal Family racist

Piers Morgan has blasted Harry and Meghan after the couple will agreed to receive an award for calling out the royal family.

Piers Morgan has blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the couple agreed to receive an award for calling out the Royal Family for supposedly being racist.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will receive the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights award for speaking up against the “structural racism within the institution” of the British monarchy.

During Tuesday’s episode of Fox & Friends, available to stream on Flash, the broadcaster slammed the “outrageous” award, branding it “absolutely disgusting”.

“The idea that these two little grifters, who quit royal duty, quit Britain… exploited and fleeced their royal titles for hundreds of millions of dollars straight in their back pocket,” he said on the program.

“The idea that they’re being lauded as some kind of heroes in America by your own sort of royal family, if you like, the Kennedys, it really sticks in my gullet.

“And I think they should rethink this, because I think it just to me, it epitomises the malaise of modern celebrity when you have two people going out of their way to trash their families on national television.”

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will receive the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award for speaking up against the “structural racism within the institution” of the British monarchy. Picture: Michele Spatari / AFP

The former Good Morning Britain presenter continued: “Harry has this book coming out, and he’s going to do it all over again to his father who’s now the king, who’s still mourning, of course, the death of his mother.

“You’ve got Meghan Markle, who was a sort of two-bit mediocre actress who married into a family, took our favourite prince, took him to America, and is now spending her entire time trying to attack the monarchy.

“I’m sorry, but as a monarchist and as somebody who loves this country, I think it’s completely outrageous that they are now being given the cloak of honour and prestige and branded heroes by a Kennedy.

“Honestly, words fail me.”

Piers Morgan has blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Picture: Fox & Friends/Fox News

The outspoken journalist also called out Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter Kerry Kennedy, saying “shame on [her]” for “besmirching the name and memory of her father in this way”.

Speaking with Spanish news outlet El Confidencial, Ms Kennedy explained why Harry and Meghan were receiving the prestigious award.

“[Meghan and Harry] went to the oldest institution in UK history and told them what they were doing wrong, that they couldn’t have structural racism within the institution; that they could not maintain a misunderstanding about mental health,” she told the outlet.

“They knew that if they did this there would be consequences, that they would be ostracised, they would lose their family, their position within this structure, and that people would blame them for it.”

Last year, the couple alleged a member of the Royal Family had concerns over their son Archie’s skin colour. Picture: CBS

During their bombshell interview with Oprah last year, the couple alleged a member of the Royal Family had concerns over their son Archie’s skin colour.

The Sussexes had also been upset over Archie not being given the title of prince as well as being “cut off financially” after their move Stateside.

Days after the tell-all, Queen Elizabeth II released a statement saying: “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.

“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.

“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much-loved family members.”