Piers Morgan believes Meghan Markle will have trouble sleeping after he disclosed his new job.

The bolshy TV celebrity has landed a new 60-minute worldwide show on talkTV, which will air in the UK, US, and Australia.

Piers returned to the pub where he met Prince Harry’s wife in 2016 to toast his career shift, boasting about how he expects his new platform will cause the Duchess of Sussex to have restless nights.

Even though he was at the Scarsdale Tavern in Kensington, West London, to celebrate his new job, Meghan was not far from his thoughts as he seized the occasion to make a dig at the mother-of-two.

“And I need to say a special thank you Meghan. As we sit drinking now, it was five years ago I met her here, he told The Sun.

“And I bet she was sitting there celebrating my departure from Good Morning Britain so this move will be the stuff of nightmares for her. So cheers Meghan!”

Piers has been feuding with the Duchess – who he once called a friend – ever since he claimed she ‘ghosted’ him.

From then onwards, the controversial presenter made it known that he was no longer a fan of American beauty.

He banned her from appearing on GMB and said she dropped him “like a sack of spuds” – this went on for a while before things took an explosive turn.

After Meghan and Harry sat down with Oprah Winfrey for their tell-all about life in the Royal family, in March 2021, Piers took things up a notch.

Piers cast doubt over Meghan’s claims that she had harboured suicidal thoughts when living in the UK and said on GMB that he “didn’t believe a word” of what she had told Oprah.

The mental health charity Mind was “disappointed and concerned” about the comments made and a spokesman told: “It’s vital that, when people reach out for support or share their experiences of ill mental health, they are treated with dignity, respect and empathy.”

It later emerged that Meghan also made a formal complaint to Ofcom, raising concerns about the effect Morgan’s views may have on mental health generally and those attempting to deal with their own problems – not about the attack on her.

After Piers’ rant – which led to him leaving GMB after refusing to apologise – Ofcom confirmed that 57,121 people had submitted formal complaints over the presenter’s comments about her.

However, on September 1 the broadcasting regulator cleared Piers.

After the ruling was announced, Piers took to social media to share his joy at the result.

He tweeted: “BREAKING: ⁦ @Ofcom rejects all complaints against me over Meghan Markle furore that led to my exit from @GMB⁩.

“Verdict says I was entitled to disbelieve her & Prince Harry & to restrict my right to do so would be a ‘chilling restriction on freedom of expression.”

Piers then added another message where he asked if he was getting his job back on the ITV morning show.

He boasted: “I’m delighted OFCOM has endorsed my right to disbelieve the Duke & Duchess of Sussex’s incendiary claims to Oprah Winfrey, many of which have proven to be untrue.

“This is a resounding victory for free speech and a resounding defeat for Princess Pinocchios. Do I get my job back?”