Prince Harry’s friendship with Princess Beatrice is “effectively over” after she met with the Duke of Sussex’s “nemesis”, Piers Morgan, for lunch, according to a royal expert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Charlotte Griffiths, the editor-at-large at the Mail on Sunday, appeared on the True Royalty podcast, where she revealed the eldest York sister had been spotted in Saint Tropez with the broadcaster, 61.<\/p>\n
The sighting comes despite the 37-year-old and her sister, Princess Eugenie’s, 36, decision to keep a low profile in the wake of their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s renewed scrutiny, after he was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n
“I would have thought she\u2019d be lying low, but instead she\u2019s gone to this incredibly fashionable restaurant and mingled with, actually, some medium rent celebrities like Kelly Brook,” she began.<\/p>\n
However, it wasn’t Brook’s attendance that raised eyebrows, but rather the presence of Morgan, who famously was sacked from Good Morning Britain for publicly criticising Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, 44.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The ex-breakfast show host has remained a harsh critic of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex following their decision to step away from royal duties in 2020, even dubbing Meghan a “narcissistic, whiny brat” and Harry a “treacherous, bitter little man”.<\/p>\n
Now, Beatrice’s decision to have lunch with Morgan, despite his longtime feud with the Sussexes, has set tongues wagging.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I thought that was very telling because, of course, Piers Morgan is her cousin\u00a0Prince Harry\u2019s absolute nemesis,” Griffiths said.<\/p>\n
“So any friendship she has with Prince Harry is effectively over from this moment.”<\/p>\n
Prince Harry recently returned to the United Kingdom for a five-day trip to mark the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games, however the royal is not believed to have met up with his cousin during the brief stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He did, however, reunite with his father, King Charles, 77, and stepmother Queen Camilla, 78, at Highgrove House on Friday,<\/a> along with his wife and children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, marking the first time the family had spent time with the monarch and his wife in four years.<\/p>\n The royal’s homecoming has been plagued by a number of setbacks, with his request for publicly-funded security being denied by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC)<\/a> in the lead-up to the visit.<\/p>\n