Piers Morgan mocked after criticising those who shared Kate Middleton health theories

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Replying to his post, one X/Twitter user wrote: “He was literally doing basically the same thing a week ago,” while another added: “Perhaps you should take your own advice, Piers.” open image in gallery Piers Morgan has hit out at social media trolls Last week, Morgan commented on the royal family’s previous lack of communication regarding Kate’s health, noting that he’d been told some “pretty alarming” things during an episode of his show, Uncensored. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Piers Morgan shares a message about Kate sympathisers on X Morgan previously devoted space in his New York Post column to discussing Kate and the royal family’s handling of the speculation surrounding her, following the mishap of Kate’s edited Mother’s Day photo. Expressing his dissatisfaction with the royal family’s media communication, he wrote: “But the conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton’s secret health crisis and disappearance from public life, made worse by the manipulated family photo she posted yesterday, when added to the unsettling confusion over what cancer King Charles is suffering from and how serious his condition is, have shown that the old palace way of handling the media has become increasingly obsolete and unworkable.” open image in gallery Kate issued a statement about her health on Friday Before the cancer diagnosis was revealed, he said his sympathy for the Princess would “erode” if it emerged that the Palace had intentionally given the public an inaccurate idea of her health. “But my sympathy will erode if it turns out that she and the palace have deliberately misled the media and public about when the photo was taken to convey a false impression about her condition.” On Saturday, Morgan commended Kate’s “clarity and courage” for sharing her diagnosis in this way, adding: “In just two extraordinarily powerful minutes she shut down all the wild global conspiracy theory madness.