IN WINDSOR CASTLE.
NEIL: THANK YOU.
I WANT TO GO TO PIERS MORGAN,
ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
JONATHAN LAID OUT NICELY THE
WORLD IS WATCHING, WE ARE TOLD
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM VERY FEW ARE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, THIS
ARE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, THIS
IS A HUGE DEAL ISN’T IT?
>> IT IS THE BIGGEST DEAL AND
IT IS PERFECTLY FITTING, THE
MONARCH REIGNED FOR 70 YEARS,
THE MOST POPULAR AMERICAN
PRESIDENTS, NONE OF THEM SERVED
WE 8 YEARS, AND THIS IS A
COUNTRY IN MORNING.
EVERYONE TAKEN ABACK BY HOW
MOVED AND EMOTIONAL WE’VE BEEN
BECAUSE SHE WAS 96, WASN’T A
TERRIBLE SHOCK, WASN’T LIKE
WHEN PRINCESS DIANA WAS KILLED
IN A CAR CRASH IN HER 30s AND
WE HAD TO WAKE UP TO THE
REALIZATION WE NO LONGER HAVE
THIS WOMAN ON THE THRONE IT WAS
A HUGE BLOW TO THE COUNTRY AND
WE ARE SEEING THAT THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY IN THE WHOLE WORLD
IS SEEING THAT.
OF THE 20 I WONDER ABOUT THESE
PERCEIVED ENCROACHMENTS BETWEEN
WE HARRY AND MEGAN, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THEM?
ARE THEY REAL OR IS THIS A
TEMPORARY TRUCE?
HARRY HAS A BOOK COMING OUT,
$20 MILLION DEAL, YOU FAMOUSLY
SAID JUNK IT BUT DOESN’T LOOK
LIKE HE IS.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND?
>> I THINK IT IS A MESS BEHIND
THE SCENES.
THEY ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW
BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THIS IS
ABOUT THE QUEEN AND PAYING
TRIBUTE TO HER COMMEMORATING
HER EXTRAORDINARY RAIN AND
DON’T WANT DISTRACTIONS BUT
LET’S BE CLEAR.
IF YOU WATCH THE BODY LANGUAGE
BETWEEN WILLIAM AND HARRY OR
KATE AND MEGAN MARKEL THERE IS
VERY LITTLE CONTACT BETWEEN
THEM.
THE ROYALS ARE GOOD AT DOING
THAT OVER THE GEARS, WHEN TIMES
GET TOUGH OR BEHIND-THE-SCENES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS
KING CHARLES III IS GOING TO
HAVE IS WHAT TO DO ABOUT HIS
SON HARRY AND HIS
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MEGAN.
A RIVAL ROYAL FAMILY-BASED IN
AMERICA TRADING OFF OF ROYAL
TITLES AND MAKING THEMSELVES
EXTREMELY RICH AND IN THE
PROCESS CONSTANTLY CRITICIZING
THE ROYAL FAMILY THE MONARCHY.
THE QUESTION IS SHOULD THEY DO
THIS WHILE KEEPING TITLES?
IF HE WANTED TO STRIP THEM.
WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN PRINCE
HARRY’S BOOK COMES OUT IF AS WE
HAVE BEEN TOLD, SPRAY GUNS
CAMILLA, THE NEW QUEEN CONCERT,
OVER WHAT HARRY PERCEIVES TO BE
A DAMAGING ROLE IN THE BREAKUP
OF HIS PARENTS MARRIAGE.
IF THAT HAPPENS NOW AND CAMILLA
IS THE QUEEN THAT WILL BE
DAMAGING.
I URGE PRINCE HARRY TO GET RID
OF HIS BOOK, TO CANCEL IT, DO
WHAT HE CAN TO STOP IT COMING
OUT BECAUSE I CAN’T SEE
ANYTHING BUT BAD COMING FROM
THAT BOOK AND MORE TOLERANT
OBLIGATIONS AGAINST HIS FATHER
WHO HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY
CRITICIZING AND AGAINST CAMILLA
WHO HAS TO BE HONEST BECOME
INCREDIBLY POPULAR IN THIS
COUNTRY BUT IT COULD BE UNDONE
WITH THIS BOOK.
NEIL: YOU HAVE WRITTEN
YESTERDAY SOME ADVICE FOR
PRINCE HARRY THAT HE SHOULD,
QUOTE, RAIN IN HIS ROYALS
TRASHING, THAT DOESN’T SEEM
LIKELY BUT I AM WONDERING WHERE
YOU SEE THIS WHOLE THING GOING?
TO YOUR POINT THIS IS A
SHORT-LIVED MOMENT OF TRUTH AND
THE PRINCE ANDREW SITUATION AND
ALL THAT, BACK TO THE FIGHTING
DRAWING BOARD.
>> WILLIAM AND HARRY DON’T TALK
TO EACH OTHER.
ARE YOU NEED TO KNOW IS WHEN
THE QUEEN WAS DYING HARRY GOT
ON A PLANE, STAYED THE NIGHT AT
BARMORAL ENDEAVOR CAN EXCHANGE
THE WORD WITH HIS BROTHER,
THESE BROTHERS ARE UNBELIEVABLY
CLOSE AND THIS IS A
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY WITH THE
BREAKDOWN OF THIS RELATIONSHIP
OF THESE TWO BOYS.
IT WOULD BREAK THEIR MOTHER
DIANA’S HEART BUT WHERE DOES IT
GO?
HERE’S THE PROBLEM.
MEGAN MARKEL IN PARTICULAR, BUT
ALSO HARRY, THEY SET OUT TO
RUTHLESSLY AND IN MY VIEW
CYNICALLY EXPLOIT THEIR ROYAL
STATUS TO THE TUNE OF ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WITH
HUGE DEALS WITH COMPANIES LIKE
SPOTIF
DAGEN: BUT THERE ONLY CURRENCY
IS ATTACKING THEIR OWN FAMILY.
WHAT ARE YOU LEFT WITH?
A COUPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA, THE EASY LIFE WITH
CHICKENS AND KIDS, PRETTY
LIMITED APPEAL TO ANY
BROADCASTERS SO THEY KEEP DOING
WHAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING EVER
SINCE THEY LEFT THE COUNTRY AND
THE ROYAL FAMILY AND CONTINUE
TO CRITICIZE THE ROYALS AND
MOAN ABOUT THE MONARCHY AND HOW
THEY RETREATED AND WITHOUT
PROVIDING ANY REAL EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THESE ALLEGATIONS AND
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO JUST SIT
HERE AND ACCEPT IT.
I DON’T THINK KING CHARLES WILL
ACCEPT.
I THINK HE IS HURT BY WHAT IS
GOING ON.
WHEN THIS FUNERAL IS A HUGE
EVENT, QUITE RIGHT THAT THE
FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE QUEEN
THIS WEEK, BUT AFTER THAT, THE
KING HAS TO SORT THIS OUT.
YOU CAN’T HAVE A RENEGADE PAIR
OF ROYALS DOING WHAT MEGAN AND
HARRY ARE DOING.
IT IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING I
THINK TO THE INSTITUTION OF THE
MONARCHY AND IT IS BAD OPTICS FOR THEM TO BE LASHING OUT AT
FOR THEM TO BE LASHING OUT AT
THEIR FAMILY ALL THE TIME.
NEIL: SPEAKING VERY DIRECTLY,