Princess Eugenie's Royal Wedding Sparked Debate Between Piers Morgan, Anti-Monarchy Activist

Princess Eugenie's royal wedding has sparked a debate between a TV host and an activist.

Dani Beckett, vice chair of the Republic, insisted that the British taxpayers should not shoulder the security for the upcoming royal wedding. However, Piers Morgan has a different opinion on the matter.

"Because it is coming from taxpayers’ money and we know we already pay over £100 million per year for the whole of the Royal Family," Beckett said on ITV's "Good Morning Britain" (via Express).

However, Morgan fired back and insisted that the taxpayers pay for women's marches to keep everyone secure. Princess Eugenie's royal wedding is just one event that many wanted to witness, and for the public's safety, events like this need to be secured. "In other words, we pay for security, the taxpayers', every day of the year, right? We pay for anti-Trump marches," Morgan said. "We pay to make secure Ukip marches or groups we don't like. Why pick on Princess Eugenie given that the Royal Family generate nearly two billion pounds worth of revenue every year, including directly £550 million for the taxpayers actually from tourism."

"So, first of all, I think it is important that we distinguish between public marches where people exercise a democratic right, which is completely different to a Royal Wedding, which apart from a handful of people, is nowhere near to democracy at all," Beckett said. "If you look at the reported figures around tourism, those are completely unevidenced."

However, the "GMB" host remained firm on his opinion. For him, marches and royal weddings are the same. "No. Totally untrue. No. Hang on. I won’t let you get away with that. Everyone that turns out to see that wedding will be exercising their democratic right to attend and watch a wedding," Morgan said.

"You may not like it but I don’t like half the marches that go on. But I absolutely support the fact that we, as taxpayers, should pay security when they happen," he added.

Beckett, however, chucked it to their differing opinion on the role of the royal family in the country. "I think the difference between you and me is that I don’t see the Royal Family as anything to do with this country’s democracy," Beckett responded.

In related news, Prince Andrew reportedly asked BBC to air Princess Eugenie's royal wedding. However, the network turned down the request because they reportedly believe that not enough people would watch it.