Minutes after the British Royal Family announced that Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, had died at the age of 99, Fox & friends blamed their inevitable culprits: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Host Brian Kilmeade immediately linked the death of the extremely old and ailing Duke of Edinburgh to Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired last month and contained shocking claims of racism and cruel treatment against Meghan by members of the royal. family.
Kilmeade said on Friday’s show, “Those are messages [Philip] was furious after the interview and fallout from the interview with Oprah Winfrey, so this is where he’s trying to recover and he’s hit with that. “
Kilmeade then went on to cite Piers Morgan, of all people, as proof that Philip’s health was affected by the Oprah interview. Morgan resigned from his show’s shame, Good morning Great Britain, after thousands of people complained about his repeated attacks on Meghan. The low point came when he said she didn’t believe her confession that she felt suicidal.
The Fox & friends host said: “Piers Morgan said on his morning show, what he famously walked off from, is like ‘Really? Your grandfather is in the hospital, you know he’s not doing well, is this really the time you should have this interview? Apparently it certainly added to his stress. “
Philip left his hospital in London after a one-month stay to treat an unspecified infection. He was also undergoing a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at the time. He was also 99 years old.