Now we know the reason Prince Harry held out so long before accepting his invitation to the Coronation.
Far from agonising over his duty to King and country, he was obsessed with the seating plan. He needed to know who he and Meghan, if she deigned to attend, would sit behind and who’d be in front of them.
What arrogance to refuse to say until the last minute whether they were coming or not. How rude to fail to reply by the RSVP date.
And all because the narcissistic Prince was preoccupied with his own dignity and the couple’s place in the royal pecking order.
Harry and Meghan made their choice. They are no longer working royals. This vengeful pair should be grateful they got an invitation at all. And given how churlish Harry has been in accepting it, he should be placed at the back of Westminster Abbey behind a very large pillar — an irrelevant spare sitting in obscurity.
Tthe self-proclaimed feminist and campaigner for female empowerment has done nothing but traduce the women in the Royal Family
Given how churlish Harry has been in accepting it, he should be placed at the back of Westminster Abbey behind a very large pillar
As for Meghan I’m delighted she’s not coming. But not half as pleased, I bet, as the other female members of the Royal Family are. For the sad truth is that since Harry and Meghan went off to California, the self-proclaimed feminist and campaigner for female empowerment has done nothing but traduce the women in the Royal Family. Like a sniper she’s shot each of them down. First the Queen, by declaring to Oprah Winfrey that a senior royal had questioned the colour of their first born’s skin, implying the Royal Family is racist.
Although the remark was clearly not aimed at the monarch herself, she would have been deeply hurt as head of the family.
Then Kate was assassinated in the Duchess’s Netflix series with the suggestion that she was cold, unwelcoming and made Megs cry before her wedding. When Sophie, then Duchess of Wessex, offered a helping hand to Meghan she was rebuffed.
Also targeted was Camilla in Harry’s book Spare, proof-read by his wife. In it, Harry maintained that she threw him ‘right under the bus’ and ‘sacrificed’ him on the altar of her PR operation to become Queen.
Meghan has insulted every senior female member of the family. After welcoming her into their midst, they appeared to be met only with betrayal.
That’s why they’re all so glad she’s staying away. For ever, we hope.
Too Swift to judge . . .
Taylor Swift breaks up from her actor boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn and there’s tut-tutting over the fact she’s had at least eight boyfriends in 15 years. Her detractors should Shake It Off — she’s one of the most gorgeous, talented and successful female artists in the world, and that’s a modest total. Mick Jagger had as many lovers in one night.
Taylor Swift breaks up from her actor boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn and there’s tut-tutting over the fact she’s had at least eight boyfriends in 15 years
Fergie is forgotten
Ungracious not to invite the Duchess of York to the Coronation of King Charles.
Despite being extremely annoying, Fergie has remained loyal to the royals and could have made millions writing bombshell books about Diana’s marriage or Charles’s infidelity since she’s had a ringside seat for decades.
To her credit she has never dished the dirt on the royals — perhaps because she’s been too busy cleaning up after Andrew.
TV’s gentleman farmer
How chivalrous of the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s estranged husband Clive to appear on TV and defend her after she’d been having an affair for five years.
He blames the break-up on his own insecurity over her success and on his drinking and failure to support the mum of nine.
He may be right — after all, it takes two to make or break a marriage.
How chivalrous of the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s estranged husband Clive to appear on TV and defend her
All four Strictly judges demand an 11 per cent pay rise. Shirley Ballas already gets £500,000 for three months’ work. The extra £55,000 she wants is more than the £35,000 the professional dancers get for slogging their guts out and without whom there would be no show. A PR dis-as-ter darling, as Craig Revel Horwood would say.
Farewell to Mary Quant who has died aged 93. The mother of the mini-skirt got me into trouble with my Mum, who forbade me from wearing one. So I’d wriggle into the mini, cover it with a wrap maxi which I took off when I left the house. Mum was never the wiser.
More than 1,000 viewers complained about Channel 4’s Naked Education, where different shaped adults appear nude in front of children as young as 14 to normalise body types. Gross! But why only blame Ch4? What parent would allow their kid on the show in the first place?
Westminster wars
Keir Starmer insists some women do have a penis while Rishi Sunak confirms no woman does. Well done Rishi, but a sorry state when the future of the country comes down to this kind of willy-waving.
After the fallout from Keir Starmer’s election posters saying the Prime Minister believes sex offenders should not be jailed, Labour’s poll lead shrunk to the smallest since Sunak became PM. The nastier Keir gets, the more Rishi’s ratings rise.
An insult that Liz Truss was chosen to give the Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture in Washington — when Lady T was Leader of the Opposition for four years, served almost 12 years as PM and won three general elections, while Truss lasted 49 days.
Lovely knowing you too, Paul
The first episode of the final series of Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs — filmed before he died — ends with him dragging himself away from Newfoundland Peggy. He leaves the poor mutt, who is still waiting for her forever home, with an epitaph that could have come from the millions of fans who so loved Paul himself: ‘All right sweetie, it’s been lovely knowing you. It’s hard to say goodbye.’
Amanda Holden returns tonight on Britain’s Got Talent, marking her 16th year on the show. Crikey, with that body can she really be a 52-year-old mum of two? I used to think Amanda was a bit of a nitwit but, boy, does she battle on. She’s doing BGT as well as a daily show on Heart radio while remaining happily married, so it’s a golden buzzer from me.
The posh-doctor union leader behind the BMA strikes says he’s sorry for missing the walk-out because he’s on holiday on full pay. How about trainee GP Robert Laurenson apologises for the fact the cruelly calculated strike has reportedly led to a surge in excess deaths. And says sorry to the families of those who have needlessly died.
After reportedly finding her partner Davide Sanclimenti had revealing pictures from models on his phone, Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu tweeted: ‘No man will ever take u seriously with just half naked pictures of u in a bikini.’ Perhaps it was irony from Ekin-Su, who found fame on the TV show . . . half naked in a bikini.
Despite the vicious backlash JK Rowling suffered over her views on gender, Warner Bros has announced it’s giving her the top job as executive producer of their new ten-year Harry Potter TV series. Trans-huggers Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson must be choking on their lentils and quinoa.
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