Piers Morgan, in an interview with, has revealed how he first initiated the friendship after he followed the former actress on Twitter.
The 57-year-old former Good Morning Britain, in conversation with The Times, has shared interesting details of his brief connection with the Duchess of Sussex prior to their famous feud in a new interview.
Morgan detailed how he struck up a conversation with the American beauty after watching her stellar performance in the popular US law drama, Suits.
He told the publication: “One day, I was bored at home – this was 2015 – and I followed four of the stars of Suits on Twitter. Three of the guys and Meghan Markle.
“She direct-messages me five minutes after I followed her saying, ‘Oh my God, thanks for the follow. I’m such a big fan!’ which is quite given the way things have played out.
“She’d watched me on CNN, liked me, blah-blah-blah, whatever. Anyway, I started exchanging messages with her and a guy called Rick Hoffman, who plays Louis Litt in Suits.
“The three of us messages away, sending me early preview episodes, emailing. He came on Good Morning Britain; we sent the pictures to Meghan. All very light-hearted.”
Piers went on to explain that the former Hollywood star initiated a meet up when she flew over to England back in 2016.
He stated: “That came from her. I said, ‘Why don’t you come and have a pint in my local, the Scarsdale?’ she came down, we had a couple of hours, a great laugh, thought she was really nice. Great fun.
“She said she was getting a few called from guys, received a lot of texts, people being quite persistent, blah-blah-blah …”
Piers Morgan went on: “I put her in a cab, she went to dinner in Mayfair at 5 Hertford Street, and I never heard from her again. It turned out she’d met Harry that night,” he explained as he told the outlet that both Markle and Hoffman “disappeared.”