Piers Morgan says internet trolls threatened to murder him in front of his children over Meghan Markle row

• Piers Morgan said he was sent death threats after his Meghan Markle comments.
• Morgan said his three sons were also targeted with death threats by internet trolls.
• He said his children were found to be "guilty by association" by the "Twitter troll mob."

Piers Morgan said he received death threats following his comments about Meghan Markle on "Good Morning Britain" including one message from a troll who threatened to murder him in front of his children.

Discussing the threats in a lengthy column written for the Mail on Sunday, Morgan said that he had been the victim of a "clearly orchestrated social media pile-on" and that the police were investigating a particular threat sent to his eldest son, Spencer.

"I've always subscribed to the 'if you dish it out, you've got to take it' philosophy," Morgan wrote. "But my three sons told me they too are all being targeted and sent me screenshots of venomous abuse and threats of violence towards them, which made my stomach churn, especially as police are already investigating a death threat made to me and my eldest boy Spencer last month."

Morgan continued to write that none of his children "care about Meghan Markle, let alone agree with my views on her," but that "the Twitter troll mob has found them guilty by association."

He said: "One troll vowed to murder me in front of them, and added: 'When your dad dies, the world will have a party.'"

Later in the article, Morgan wrote that he regretted storming off the set during a live broadcast of "Good Morning Britain" after clashing with his colleague Alex Beresford, who criticized Morgan's continual attacks on Meghan.

"I knew it wasn't a good look, the great snowflake-basher running away from confrontation," Morgan wrote. "And on reflection, I shouldn't have done it. But in the heat of the moment, in my rather strained state of mind, this seemed the less worse option."

Morgan also confirmed reports that he was ordered by senior managerial staff at ITV - the network that produces and broadcasts "Good Morning Britain" - to either apologize to the duchess or resign.

"Kevin Lygo, ITV's Director of Television, who I'd spoken to several times since yesterday, rang to say we were now 'on the cliff edge' and either I apologized, or I would have to leave 'GMB,'" Morgan wrote.

"I reached a moment of total gut clarity: f--- it. I wasn't going to apologize for disbelieving Meghan Markle, because the truth is that I don't believe Meghan Markle. And in a free, democratic society, I should be allowed not to believe someone, and to say that I don't believe them.

"That, surely, is the very essence of freedom of speech? If I said I now believed Meghan, I would be lying to the audience, the very thing I've accused her of doing. And even if I did apologize, that wouldn't be the end of it. The woke brigade would keep coming for me, demanding I apologize for everything else they find offensive - which of course, is absolutely everything."

Earlier this month, it was reported that the British broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, received more than 57,000 complaints - the most complaints ever filed with the regulator over a single incident - about episodes of "Good Morning Britain" that aired March 8 and March 9 in which Morgan reacted to Meghan and Prince Harry's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.

During one of the episodes, Morgan said he didn't believe a word Meghan said in response to a clip in which she described having suicidal thoughts.