Piers Morgan blasts Meghan and Harry for ‘ridiculous’ birthday move | Royal | News

Piers Morgan has blasted Harry and Meghan’s “double standards” regarding their 5-year-old daughter Lilibet. Named after the late Queen Elizabeth II. The princess, named after Elizabeth, celebrated her birthday on Thursday, and her parents shared photos of her to mark the occasion. Mr Morgan told a panel at SXSW London earlier this week: “They’ve posted photos of their five-year-old to millions of people on social media. They’re instantly recognizable and I’m like, ‘What are you doing? What’s this about? Why are you preaching about privacy?’

“Why would you lecture the world about being very careful with children’s online content and then put your own child in front of millions of people? That doesn’t make any sense to me. Maybe it might make sense to their fans, I don’t know. But to me it’s a classic example of what I think is a ridiculous double standard, where if you’re going to start preaching about things, at least try to abide by that.”

The Duchess of Sussex unveiled the Lost Screen Monument at the Place des Nations, which features 50 illuminated lightboxes, each displaying a lock screen image of a child who has died due to online violence and digital harm.

“Behind me stands the Lost Screen Monument,” he said.

“Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children. Each name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure. A child whose laughter once filled the kitchen. A child whose shoes once waited by the front door. Once a child whose future was limitless.”

Meghan added: “Their faces now ask the world questions we can no longer avoid.

“How many millions more children will be harmed by products that are innovative but designed without adequate protection measures?

“When will children be able to benefit from the extraordinary potential of technology without endangering their own health?”