A tense row erupted on GB News last night after broadcaster Nina Myskow claimed Meghan Markle was “forced” out of Britain by the Royal Family.
She argued that the press were also to blame for her and Prince Harry’s decision to up sticks and trek across the pond for a new life in Montecito, California.
But her comments drew criticism on the Mark Dolan Tonight panel, with former News Of The World editor Neil Wallis insisting he has never been told to pursue a particular agenda when it came to the Sussexes.
“Meghan Markle was bullied out of this country by the Royal Family and the British media”, she said.
Nina Myskow's claim about Meghan Markle prompted fierce debate on GB News
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“When she arrived on the scene, she and Harry, who had always been the most popular royal next to the Queen, became magical to the British public.
“The problem with that scenario is that, we have William and Kate, they are the number one.
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“They are the ones to take the Royal Family machinery forward. The point being, their popularity overtook that of William and Kate.
“That cannot be allowed to happen because William was the one to keep the Royal Family going.”
Mark Dolan hit back to argue: “They [William and Kate] haven’t done any podcasts, haven’t done any books, they’ve not done documentaries throwing their family under the bus.”
Wallis waded in: “The problem we have with Nina’s argument is she is forgetting where she used to work.
Harry and Meghan abandoned frontline royal duties in 2020
Reuters“One of the great fallacies that Harry and Meghan would have you believe is the Palace dictated to the British media how these people are covered.
“This is nonsense and you know it.”
Myskow then pointed out her experience working in Fleet Street, saying she saw first hand the vitriol aimed at the Sussexes.
But Wallis, who worked as an editor, hit back to say Myskow never worked at a “senior level” in journalism, arguing it dispels her argument.
But Mark Dolan sought to defend his panellist, saying “I am going to overrule your suggestion that Nina is somehow a minnow in journalism.
“Nina is one of the biggest name journalists in the country, you’re both big names from Fleet Street but you don’t agree.”