Piers Morgan has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for what he describes as 'double standards' after they shared photographs of their daughter, Princess Lilibet, on social media to mark her fifth birthday. The broadcaster made the comments during a panel at SXSW London earlier this week.
Morgan questioned the couple's decision to post images of their child, given their previous advocacy for children's online safety. 'They've put up photographs of their five-year-old child on social media to millions of people. Immediately recognisable, and I'm like, what are you doing? What is this about? Why would you preach about privacy?' he said.
The outspoken presenter argued that the move contradicted their public stance on protecting children from digital harm. 'Why would you lecture the world about the need to be very careful with online stuff about children and so on, and then put your own child out there to millions of people? It makes no sense to me,' he added.
In May, Meghan Markle called for stronger protections for children online during a memorial event in Geneva, Switzerland. She spoke at the Lost Screen Memorial, which featured lightboxes displaying the lock screen images of children who died as a result of online violence and digital harm.
During her speech, the Duchess of Sussex emphasised the human cost behind the statistics, saying: 'Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children. Each name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure.' She urged the tech industry to implement better safeguards to protect young users.
