Richard Madeley got into an argument with a guest on Tuesday’s episode of Good Morning Britain after he stated that Prince Harry always complains about his position in the royal family and how they live their lives.
The broadcaster, who is 66 years old, returned to the ITV show after spending much of his Christmas break sick with a superbug that lasted for a month. He thought that he had contracted a new strain of Covid during his illness.
During the show, Madeley and his co-host Susanna Reid hosted a debate about Harry’s latest bombshell interview with Anderson Cooper, in which he said ‘there comes a point when silence is betrayal.’
Clearly frustrated by Harry’s media round, Madeley vented: ‘This seems to be going on and on and on and on and on.
‘Whenever I turn the television on it’s Harry whinging about something to do with his background and the royal family.’
But guest, broadcaster and writer Nina Myskow, wasn’t having any of it.
‘You say whinging…’ she attempted to say.
But Madeley interrupted: ‘Well yeah, he is whinging.’
‘No he’s not whinging he’s expressing his view,’ Myskow retorted. ‘You have heard there, it’s the leaking and the lack of support.
‘The leaking from the palace via a very complicit media, and it’s there for all to see.’
During his interview with Cooper, Harry was asked about the criticism he faced, surrounding claims that although he and wife Meghan Markle moved to the US and wanted to step back, they have found themselves in the public eye more than ever.
Harry said: ‘Every single time I tried to do it privately there are being briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife.
‘The family motto is never complain, never explain. But it’s just a motto.’
Cooper then pressed: ‘There’s a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining?’
‘Endless’ Harry replied.
‘They will feed or have a conversation with the correspondent and that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write that story,’ he added.
‘And right at the bottom of it they will say they’ve reached out to the place for comment.
‘But the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting.
‘So when we’re being told for the last six years we can’t put a statement out to protect you, but they do it for other members of the family.
‘There comes a point when silence is betrayal.’
Harry’s interview comes ahead of the release of his autobiography Spare, which is expected to give details about his disagreements with the Prince of Wales.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.
