Piers Morgan has a batch to accidental astir immoderate caller scandals swirling astir Prince Harry.
And nary of it paints The Duke of Sussex successful a precise affirmative light.
As you whitethorn person heard, Prince Harry was honored implicit the summertime astatine the ESPYs arsenic a recipient of the Pat Tillman Award for Service.
This grant is handed retired to individuals who person made important contributions that echo the bequest of the erstwhile NFL subordinate and US Army Ranger, who enlisted aft the September 11 violent attacks.
Questions About Harry’s Qualifications
Quite a fewer radical retired determination bash not deliberation Harry was qualified for that favoritism — contempt the information that helium served successful the British subject for 10 years, including 2 tours successful Afghanistan arsenic a chopper pilot.
He besides created the Invictus Games successful 2014, an lawsuit that serves arsenic a multi-sport, Paralympic-styled games for wounded oregon injured servicemen and veterans.
It’s not a atrocious resume.
But controversy conscionable follows Harry around astir everyplace astatine this point.
Piers Slams Harry
In his file for the New York Post, Morgan was among those who took contented with this determination by ESPN, perfectly GOING OFF connected Prince Harry, who helium trashed arsenic a “royal traitor.”
“Pat Tillman is an American hero, a antheral who gave up serving his state to service himself,” Morgan said astir the antheral who gave up a nonrecreational shot vocation to combat abroad.
The writer past compared Tillman to Harry arsenic follows, saying the second is…
“A antheral who truthful small understood the meaning of the connection ‘duty’ that helium swapped his occupation moving for the nationalist arsenic a subordinate of the British Royal Family for beingness successful California arsenic a greedy, money-grabbing personage trading disconnected royal titles helium does thing to earn.”
Morgan concluded his rant with this elemental point:
“Pat Tillman volition beryllium turning successful his sedate astatine this dishonoring of his name.”
Morgan has slammed Harry and Meghan Markle each accidental helium has had since they walked distant from their Royal Family duties successful 2020.
Most recently, Morgan accused Harry of “bullying” his royal relatives. He besides accused Meghan of trying to upstage Kate Middleton erstwhile she was battling cancer.
Pat Tillman’s Mother Agrees With Piers
Obviously, those are ridiculous allegations. But connected the taxable of Harry and the Tillman Award, Piers isn’t alone.
“I americium shocked arsenic to wherefore they would prime specified a arguable and divisive idiosyncratic to person the award,” Mary Tillman, Pat’s mother, precocious told the Daily Mail, adding a fewer days ago:
“There are recipients that are acold much fitting.
“There are individuals moving successful the seasoned assemblage that are doing tremendous things to assistance veterans.”
Responded ESPN to the blowback:
“ESPN, with the enactment of the Tillman Foundation, is honoring Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, specifically for the enactment of The Invictus Games Foundation arsenic it celebrates its 10th twelvemonth promoting healing done the powerfulness of athletics for subject work members and veterans astir the world.
While we recognize not everyone volition hold with each honorees selected for immoderate award, The Invictus Games Foundation does unthinkable enactment and ESPN believes this is simply a origin worthy celebrating.