‘If Gavin b****y Williamson can get one’ Piers Morgan insists Shane Warne needs knighthood | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Piers Morgan, 56, has spoken up about the late Shane Warne, saying that his friend should receive a knighthood. The Australian cricketing hero and right-arm leg spinner died yesterday morning aged 52. 

Piers has taken to Twitter to argue that Shane should be given royal recognition for his services to cricket. 

He said he was one of “the greatest”, only to be snubbed in terms of being honoured by the Royal Family. 

The former GMB presenter wrote: “Shane Warne was the only one of Wisden’s 5 greatest cricketers of 20th Century not to be knighted. 

“He wasn’t Mother Teresa but if Gavin b****y Williamson can get a gong then so should Warnie, posthumously, for services to cricket & charity. 

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“We loved him like our very own national treasure!”

@Stevefry penned: “Let’s face it, if Gavin Williamson can get a Knighthood then the whole Commonwealth is now in the mix to get one.”

Shane Warne died on Friday morning following a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand, where he was holidaying with friends. 

The star’s management team released a statement, which read: “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday 4th March.”