Piers Morgan has a dig at Meghan Markle as he beats her on influential Londoners poll

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PIERS Morgan took a swipe at Meghan Markle today after he beat her in a list of the most influential Londoners.

The Good Morning Britain presenter couldn’t resist the opportunity to gloat after he came in one place ahead of the Duchess of Sussex in The London Power 100.

Piers Morgan has a dig at Meghan Markle as he beats her on influential Londoners poll

The 54-year-old, who is one of the Sussexes‘ biggest critics, said on GMB on Monday: “What’s good is that I’m in at 21… and oh Meghan Markle is in at 22 – that’s awkward isn’t it?”

He then added: “Obviously none of my work colleagues made the list, unfortunately.”

Piers has waged war on Meghan after the former Suits star befriended him on Twitter and arranged for her co-star Rick Hoffman to go on Good Morning Britain in 2016.

Piers says Meghan pursued a friendship with him for almost a year and eventually asked if she could appear on the breakfast show when they finally met face to face and had drinks in London.

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But she met Prince Harry soon after and he never heard from her again.

Piers says he was “ghosted” and revealed in a column for MailOnline last year: “Id been played by a couple of B-list actors, who were clearly just using me to advance their careers.

“But when someone more important and influential came along, in the shape of Prince Harry, I was instantly dumped like a sack of spuds.”

Piers has been very outspoken about his feelings towards Meghan ever since, previously accusing her of “hypocrisy” after she posted an inspiring quote by the Dalai Lama on Instagram.

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The London Power 100

1. HM The Queen

2. Sadiq Khan

3. Evgeny Lebedev

4. Boris Johnson

5. Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

6. Stormzy

7. Theresa May MP

8. Sir David Attenborough

9. Lakshmi Mittal

10. Sir Richard Branson

11. George Osborne

12. David Beckham OBE

13. Prince Harry

14. Roman Abramovich

15. Jeremy Corbyn MP

16. Lord Tony Hall

17. The Reuben Brothers

18. Tony Blair

19. Lady Scotland – Real name Patricia Scotland

20. Laura Kuenssberg

21. Piers Morgan

22. Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex

23. Idris Elba OBE

24. Baroness Shriti Vadera

25. Daniel Levy

26. Tony Fernandes

27. Sir Mo Farah

28. Diane Abbott MP

29. Anthony Joshua OBE

30. Peter Estlin

31. Sir Phillip Green

32. Zayn Malik

33. Cressida Dick CBE

34. Shaun Bailey

35. Naomi Campbell

36. The Most Revd – Justin Welby

37. Daniel Kaluuya

38. Davina McCall

39. Dua Lipa

40. Nigel Farage

41. Cara Delevingne

42. Stephen Fry

43. Krept & Konan

44. The Lord Lloyd-Webber

45. Benedict Cumberbatch

46. Damian Lewis

47. Chuka Umunna MP

48. Jamie Oliver MBE

49. Kate Moss

50. Dame Helen Mirren

51. Dillian Whyte

52. John Bercow MP

53. Edward Enninful

54. Dame Carolyn McCall

55. Gina Mille

56. Dame Barbara Windsor

57. Jimmy Carr

58. William Shu

59. Eddie Izzard

60. Jonathan Ross

61. Naomie Harris

62. Rita Ora

63. Dina Asher-Smith

64. Sarah Mullally

65. Amit Bhatia

66. Tom Parker Bowles

67. Ian Wright MBE

68. Dan Wootton

69. Richard Gnodde

70. Dame Joan Collins

71. Jack Whitehall

72. Ewan Venters

73. Wiley MBE

74. Tom Hiddleston

75. Mo Gilligan

76. Gary Kemp

77. Jourdan Dunn

78. Keira Knightley

79. Micky Flanagan

80. Jamie Barber

81. Letitia Wright

82. Jamal Edwards MBE

83. Chris Corbin and Jeremy King

84. Tinie Tempah

85. Josh Berger

86. Noel Clarke

87. Michael Dapaah

88. Yianni Charalambous

89. Thandie Newton

90. Sir Michael Caine

91. Femi Oluwole

92. Jonathan Sothcott

93. Kavi and Shamil Thakrar

94. Pankaj Adatia

95. Akshay Ruparelia

96. Joseph Patterson and Laura Brosnan

97. Zayn Bux

98. Zara Phillips

99. Katherine Ryan

100. Ryan Gander

The television host also labelledMeghan a “rank hypocrite” after “defiant” Prince Harry defended their private jet use.

The Duke of Sussex insisted that he flies commercial “99 per cent of the time”and only boards private planes withMeghan and their baby Archie Harrison to keep his family “safe”.

Meanwhile, Meghan, 38, gave an emotional interview as part ITV documentary, Harry and Meghan: An African Journey, where she said royal life has been a “struggle”, especially with being a new mum.

In more Royal Family news, Meghan Markle fans have been left disappointed as the Palace has quashed rumours she’s bringing back her personal blog The Tig.

AndKate Middleton and Prince William have been praised for their “classy” Instagram post to Prince Harryafter the Sussexes were criticised for their birthday messages.

Plusflunkies are warning the Queen’s guests NOT to talk about Meghan Markle and Prince Harryif they want their meeting to go well.