Good Morning America, the US’s biggest TV breakfast show, must have been delighted to host the first interview with Prince Harry so soon after his father’s shocking cancer diagnosis.
It suited the Prince too, as his admirable Invictus Winter Games were promoted on the show, and he was once again in the spotlight just days after he and Meghan launched their new website, Sussex.com.
Harry returned the favor and obediently answered questions about King Charles’ health.
How did you find out? ‘I spoke with him. I got on a plane. Could a cancer diagnosis have a unifying effect on your family? ‘Possibly yes. I love my family.’
William, Kate and Camilla, all translated into Prince Spare’s memoirs and Netflix shows, may have a different view on this, but it doesn’t matter.
Prince Harry with his father, King Charles, at an event in London in 2019
The Prince told us that he “loved every day” living in California and was asked if he “felt American” or if he planned to become a United States citizen. To which a thoughtful Harry said: ‘I’ve considered it, yes, it had crossed my mind.’
And I said to myself: ‘Harry, an American citizen? Hurrah! Can we finally get rid of this troublesome Prince? Admittedly, he would have to get around the fact that American authorities won’t like Spare’s confessions about his past drug use.
But if he became an American citizen he could solve everything. Because then it wouldn’t be up to his beloved father to decide as King whether to strip him and Meghan of his titles.
According to US immigration policy, “any applicant holding hereditary titles or offices of nobility in any foreign state must renounce the title or office.”
Harry would even have to “expressly renounce the title in a public ceremony.” The couple would no longer be duke and duchess, just Harry and Meghan Sussex, or whatever last name they decided to use.
Of course, it was a flight of fancy. I guess hell will freeze over before Harry and Meghan allow that to happen. The Sussexes have no prestige in America without their royal connections.
But imagine it. Humanitarian Harry, a simple gentleman, calm and collected, who no longer complains about being a spare without a purpose. And we in Blighty finally enjoying peace after his constant complaints.
Please Harry, do us all a favor. Become an American citizen.
Pro-Brexit MPs are pleading with Rishi to swallow his pride and win back Boris as a running mate to stand a chance in the next election. As Boris once said, “You’re more likely to find Elvis in Mars or my being reinvented as an olive’.
Sharon’s bare cheek
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone, worth £48million, says people don’t understand the pressure of being famous, rich and beautiful and that it is expensive to hire staff to recreate her film star look every time she goes out.
Look on the bright side, Sharon. Think of all the money you save by not having to buy panties.
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone, worth £48m, says people don’t understand the pressure of being famous, rich and beautiful
Stop the clocks. Torvill and Dean, the Romeo and Juliet of the ice rink, hang up their skates 40 years after that Bolero performance. How appropriate. In dance, Ravel’s Bolero embodies a message about the need for human connection. Jayne and Christopher may have never been lovers, but their lifelong friendship won all of our hearts.
The romance will end quickly
Taylor Swift’s romance with NFL footballer Travis Kelce was a celebrity match made in heaven, until after winning the Superbowl he was so drunk he could barely stand.
He was so legless he couldn’t sing Garth Brooks’ country hit Friends In Low Places, and his teammates had to stop him from falling off the stage.
Travis Kelce hugs Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Superbowl victory against the San Francisco 49ers last weekend.
He then continued drinking late into the night after one person was killed and others were injured in a shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. He’s not exactly the man you’d expect from Taylor, squeaky clean, almost teetotal, never swears, and in complete control.
I give it six months.
Westminster Wars
Rachel Reeves rules out tax cuts as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insists they remain his priority. So, finally, clear blue water between Labor and the Conservatives. Although after this week’s catastrophic by-election for the Conservatives, the water is as blood-soaked as a scene from Jaws.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insists tax cuts remain his priority
And it was not a vote of confidence from Conservative chairman Richard Holden, who told Nick Ferrari on LBC yesterday that he has not even decided whether he will stand as an MP in the next election.
Oh Lords, help us!
A moment of absolute travesty when Wales’ Plaid Cymru parachutes 27-year-old Carmen Smith, who has promised to abolish the House of Lords, into the unelected Upper House as her youngest peer.
“I hope the work I can do makes that space look different,” he says.
Well, her red hair and Doc Martens will be a welcome change from all that dandruff-covered stoat.
Zendaya’s look is out of this world
Gosh, how far some actresses will go these days to suffer for their art!
Zendaya wore a crotch-hugging metallic bodysuit, complete with two-inch claws and see-through cutouts for her breasts and butt at the premiere of the futuristic film Dune Part 2.
I’m referring to Zendaya’s appearance at the premiere of the futuristic film Dune Part 2, a poor man’s Star Wars. She wore a crotch-hugging metallic ensemble that included two-inch claws and see-through slits on her breasts and buttocks. Princess Leia is not.
Although it left us mere mortals wondering how she manages, in that outfit, to go to the bathroom. Or maybe on Planet Arrakis ladies don’t need ladies.
Warner Bros. to make a Harry Potter TV series based on JK RowlingThe books, and she will be a producer. One in the eye of online trolls who attacked her for her sensible views on what it is to be a woman. As well as for Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, the child star who criticized those opinions. I don’t expect parts for them in the new series.
The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey is campaigning for mindfulness to be taught in schools as “Brianna’s legacy”. We understand why Esther feels the need to campaign and hold on to the memory of her son. But I hope she also finds time to take care of herself.
Esther Ghey campaigns for mindfulness to be taught in schools as “Brianna’s legacy”
Before attending the opening night of the Live Aid musical, Bob Geldof responded to claims he had a “white savior complex” after raising £114 million for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985. Sir Bob rightly said : ‘Black saviors, white saviors, green saviors, I’m with them all.’
Why did a protester obtain asylum?
Anti-Israel protester Heba Alhayek, who proudly wore a paragliding sticker celebrating the terrorist atrocity committed by Hamas on October 7, walked free from court despite being found guilty under the Anti-Terrorism Law. She later emerged that she was given asylum status here after claiming that she fled Gaza under threat of persecution from her. . . Hamas. Try to understand that!
Comedian Paul Currie, who allegedly verbally abused an Israeli who objected to his display of a Palestinian flag, was supported by an audience of 200 chanting “get out.” The Soho Theatre, which presented the show, condemned his “atrocious actions” and says he will never be invited to return. The irony is that the Soho Theater was once a synagogue.
Actress Sheridan Smith and adventurer Ben Fogle are the latest celebrities to complain about their struggle with ADHD. Caramba! If restlessness, poor concentration and poor memory are the symptoms of this debilitating disease, 90 percent of the population, including me, suffer from it undiagnosed.
Ben Fogle and Sheridan Smith have complained about their struggles with ADHD