Piers Morgan, whom I have known personally for more than two decades, is not a man inhibited by self-doubt. Even in times of crisis, of which there have been a few – the insider trading scandal when he was editor of the Mirror , the publication of fake pictures from the Iraq War, his retreat from prime-time American TV and, latterly, the public spat with Harry and Meghan that resulted in him leaving ITV – he has managed to maintain a confident, spritely and nerveless mien that I have long envied.

It is a talent, for sure, and, combined with Morgan’s ability to think on his feet, assert his opinions and understand intuitively what stirs the public forum, it has made him rich, notorious and as big a celebrity as those whose company he keeps. He may not be everyone’s cup of Earl Grey, but

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