Prince Harry jokes about Prince William’s ‘baldness’ in 2009

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Piers Morgan quit as Good Morning Britain host earlier this month after ITV asked him to apologise for comments he made about Meghan Markle. His criticisms of the Duchess of Sussex have continued after she and her husband Prince Harry started a new life in the US. Piers’ relationship with another celebrity could also feature tonight, during It’s Clarkson on TV. Piers and Jeremy Clarkson have endured a difficult friendship, but the ex-Top Gear host recently supported the former GMB host over his Meghan stance.

Piers has has been critical of other Royal Family members in the past, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The pair went on a trip to an Indian animal sanctuary, where they were pictured feeding a baby rhinoceros and elephant calf.

Many of the animals at the Kaziranga National Park were injured or orphaned in the wild.

However, during their visit in 2016, Piers said images of the royals with the animals made him feel “sick to the very pit of my stomach”.

He added: “Perhaps it’s because Prince William likes rich people hunting down these same beautiful animals, killing them in often elongated torture sessions, posing for repulsively smug photos next to their rotting carcasses, and then severing their heads for their office walls back home.”

Piers was referring to comments Prince William had made a month earlier to ITV regarding hunting.

The royal said “there’s a place for commercial hunting”.

He added: “It’s not everyone’s cup of tea… but if somebody out there wants to pay money – and it wouldn’t be me – but if somebody did, then it is a justifiable means of conserving species that are under serious threat.”

In his MailOnine column, Piers responded by referring to examples of trophy-hunting – including the the case of Dr Walter Palmer, who paid tens of thousands of pounds to kill Cecil the lion.

Piers continued: “Which brings me back to Prince William, the self-appointed ‘face’ of global wildlife conservation.

“He thinks this is absolutely fine.

“I mean, HE wouldn’t pay the money to do it, as he clarified, but then I doubt William has to pay for almost anything these days. That’s one of the benefits of being the future King of England.

“This is hardly surprising given that the British Royal Family has killed more animals than probably any other family in the world, mostly in the name of ‘sport’.”

Piers also highlighted how Prince Philip has travelled the world hunting animals, and on a trip with the Queen 1961, he sparked controversy after killing a tiger, a crocodile and six urials.

In 2014, William was also seen shooting deer and wild boar in Spain, days before taking part in a high-profile campaign to highlight the perils of illegal wildlife poaching.

In the same year, photos also emerged of Prince Harry posing with a buffalo while he was on a trip in Africa 10 years earlier.

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Piers concluded: “To my mind, it has become… incompatible for Prince William to continue in his dual roles as Conservation King and Trophy-Hunter Champion.

“At the moment it seems akin to putting a fox in charge of the hen-coop.

“Find another cause, Sir, one that doesn’t make you look such a flaming hypocrite.”

It’s Clarkson on TV airs at 9.35pm on ITV tonight.

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