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Piers Morgan swipes at Prince Andrew and 'selfish brat' Harry as he queries funeral choice
Piers Morgan, 57, admitted he isn't Prince Harry's biggest fan and has regularly criticsed his behaviour in recent years, but today defended his right to wear military uniform at the Queen's ceremonial occasions. In doing so, however, he couldn't resist branding the 37-year-old royal a "selfish brat".In his latest column, the presenter began by telling reders that he believed his behaviour since quitting Britain and royal duty had been "appallingly selfish, greedy, and damaging to the monarchy", but said he'd never begrudge him for his service in the military.Harry has served ten years in the army and has toured Afghanistan twice.Despite this, the prince will not be allowed to wear his uniform, due to him no longer being a working royal.It's been said however that The Duke of York reportedly got given the green light to wear his uniform, despite also not working, “as a special mark of respect".Piers Morgan delivers dig to Meghan Markle as kids gain royal titlesSharing his thoughts, Piers wrote in The Sun: "There are times when such protocol and rules need to be torn up, and common sense applied, and this is one of them."Especially when Harry’s disgraced uncle Prince Andrew will apparently be permitted to wear HIS uniform at Her Majesty’s lying-in-state vigil which starts today."There won’t surely be a single person in Britain outside of Andrew himself who thinks it’s OK for him to be treated better than Harry?"Prince Andrew, a former Royal Navy officer who served in the Falklands War, was stripped of his honorary military titles, HRH status and royal patronages this year as he faced a civil sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre.He has vehemently denied all the allegations and the case has been settled out of