Piers Morgan has resigned from his post at Good Morning Britian, ITV have now announced.

ITV said in a statement: "Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain.""ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add."The news comes shortly after it was announced that an investigation had been launched by Ofcom in regards to Piers' comments directed at Prince Harry and Megan Markel.

Piers also stormed off set on Tuesday's episode of Good Morning Britain when he got into a heated debate with his colleague Alex Beresford.He is yet to comment on the situation any further but had posted a picture of clocks to his Twitter in light of the announcement.