1 day Ago By Sara Baalla
This Morning viewers were left feeling unimpressed and branded the show "boring" as a debate over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle heated up on Monday (March 31). In the latest episode of the hit ITV programme, presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard welcomed commentators Gyles Brandreth and Camilla Tominey to dissect the day's top stories from Britain and beyond. The conversation began with recent developments involving Prince Harry .
Last week, the Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho stepped down as patrons of Sentebale after a row between the trustees and the chair of its board. Prince Harry notably co-founded Sentebale in 2006 in honour of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, to help people in Southern Africa living with HIV and Aids. Harry's departure followed a dispute among the trustees and the chair of Sentebale's board, leading to allegations from the charity's chief, Dr.
Sophie Chandauka, who accused Harry of "bullying and harassment at scale." During her appearance on Sky's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Sophie alleged that the "unleashing of the Sussex machine" had severed Harry's ties with the charity and its 540 employees, reports Wales Online . As the topic unfolded on This Morning, Camilla Tominey brought up the incident where Sophie was "shifted out of the way" by Meghan during a photo call at a polo match, which later went viral.
"Couple of issues here, I think. It's not the first time the couple have been accused of bullying. They deny those claims, but it gives the aura of sometimes working with them in what I would describe as a rather toxic atmosphere," Camilla remarked.
She added: "The second thing is the blurring of the lines between the couple's business interests and the charitable ones. So, one of the criticisms this chairwoman has made is that she says she was unaware that Prince Harry was going to bring a film crew along for that polo match and other Sentebale events for his Netflix series. Is that a blurring of lines?" Gyles offered a contrasting view, suggesting that filming could serve as "great publicity" for the charity.
He continued: "None of the examples given by the chair, the lady who was interviewed this weekend, really to me, amount to what I would call harassment at scale." Camilla then countered with the chairwoman's perspective, saying: "I think her point is that, 'I was appointed because I'm highly qualified in my field, and yet I'm constantly dealing with trustees who seem to be nodding dogs to whatever Prince Harry wants.'" Gyles then shared a personal anecdote to defend Prince Harry : "I have a son-in-law who has served with [Harry] in Afghanistan, and he wouldn't say a word against him.
He simply says, 'This is a guy with a very good heart,' so I'm buying that." Following the discussion, the show's viewers were quick to express their discontent on X (formerly Twitter). "Of course, this show will do anything to bash Harry and Meghan.
Don't you ever get bored of trying to turn the public against them?" one person wrote, with another adding: "Boring, next please." "They are so desperate to remain relevant..
. they will do almost anything to get a clip viral, and here you are talking about them AGAIN!!!!" a third viewer said, with another commenting: "Brandreth and Tominey on again giving us their views and opinions, no balance as usual." This Morning airs weekdays on ITV at 10am.
