Piers Morgan has a dig at Meghan Markle as he beats her on influential Londoners poll
PIERS Morgan took a swipe at Meghan Markle today after he beat her in a list of the most influential Londoners.
The Good Morning Britain presenter couldn’t resist the opportunity to gloat after he came in one place ahead of the Duchess of Sussex in The London Power 100.
The 54-year-old, who is one of the Sussexes‘ biggest critics, said on GMB on Monday: “What’s good is that I’m in at 21… and oh Meghan Markle is in at 22 – that’s awkward isn’t it?”
He then added: “Obviously none of my work colleagues made the list, unfortunately.”
Piers has waged war on Meghan after the former Suits star befriended him on Twitter and arranged for her co-star Rick Hoffman to go on Good Morning Britain in 2016.
Piers says Meghan pursued a friendship with him for almost a year and eventually asked if she could appear on the breakfast show when they finally met face to face and had drinks in London.
But she met Prince Harry soon after and he never heard from her again.
Piers says he was “ghosted” and revealed in a column for MailOnline last year: “I’d been ‘played’ by a couple of B-list actors, who were clearly just using me to advance their careers.
“But when someone more important and influential came along, in the shape of Prince Harry, I was instantly dumped like a sack of spuds.”
Piers has been very outspoken about his feelings towards Meghan ever since, previously accusing her of “hypocrisy” after she posted an inspiring quote by the Dalai Lama on Instagram.
The London Power 100
1. HM The Queen
2. Sadiq Khan
3. Evgeny Lebedev
4. Boris Johnson
5. Duke & Duchess of Cambridge
6. Stormzy
7. Theresa May MP
8. Sir David Attenborough
9. Lakshmi Mittal
10. Sir Richard Branson
11. George Osborne
12. David Beckham OBE
13. Prince Harry
14. Roman Abramovich
15. Jeremy Corbyn MP
16. Lord Tony Hall
17. The Reuben Brothers
18. Tony Blair
19. Lady Scotland – Real name Patricia Scotland
20. Laura Kuenssberg
21. Piers Morgan
22. Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex
23. Idris Elba OBE
24. Baroness Shriti Vadera
25. Daniel Levy
26. Tony Fernandes
27. Sir Mo Farah
28. Diane Abbott MP
29. Anthony Joshua OBE
30. Peter Estlin
31. Sir Phillip Green
32. Zayn Malik
33. Cressida Dick CBE
34. Shaun Bailey
35. Naomi Campbell
36. The Most Revd – Justin Welby
37. Daniel Kaluuya
38. Davina McCall
39. Dua Lipa
40. Nigel Farage
41. Cara Delevingne
42. Stephen Fry
43. Krept & Konan
44. The Lord Lloyd-Webber
45. Benedict Cumberbatch
46. Damian Lewis
47. Chuka Umunna MP
48. Jamie Oliver MBE
49. Kate Moss
50. Dame Helen Mirren
51. Dillian Whyte
52. John Bercow MP
53. Edward Enninful
54. Dame Carolyn McCall
55. Gina Mille
56. Dame Barbara Windsor
57. Jimmy Carr
58. William Shu
59. Eddie Izzard
60. Jonathan Ross
61. Naomie Harris
62. Rita Ora
63. Dina Asher-Smith
64. Sarah Mullally
65. Amit Bhatia
66. Tom Parker Bowles
67. Ian Wright MBE
68. Dan Wootton
69. Richard Gnodde
70. Dame Joan Collins
71. Jack Whitehall
72. Ewan Venters
73. Wiley MBE
74. Tom Hiddleston
75. Mo Gilligan
76. Gary Kemp
77. Jourdan Dunn
78. Keira Knightley
79. Micky Flanagan
80. Jamie Barber
81. Letitia Wright
82. Jamal Edwards MBE
83. Chris Corbin and Jeremy King
84. Tinie Tempah
85. Josh Berger
86. Noel Clarke
87. Michael Dapaah
88. Yianni Charalambous
89. Thandie Newton
90. Sir Michael Caine
91. Femi Oluwole
92. Jonathan Sothcott
93. Kavi and Shamil Thakrar
94. Pankaj Adatia
95. Akshay Ruparelia
96. Joseph Patterson and Laura Brosnan
97. Zayn Bux
98. Zara Phillips
99. Katherine Ryan
100. Ryan Gander
The television host also labelled Meghan a “rank hypocrite” after “defiant” Prince Harry defended their private jet use.
The Duke of Sussex insisted that he flies commercial “99 per cent of the time” and only boards private planes with Meghan and their baby Archie Harrison to keep his family “safe”.
Meanwhile, Meghan, 38, gave an emotional interview as part ITV documentary, Harry and Meghan: An African Journey, where she said royal life has been a “struggle”, especially with being a new mum.
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