AMANDA PLATELL: It is very sad that Harry is missing in action on this solemn day. I imagine he’s wondering if his decision to avoid much of what he loves was worth it.

Prince William spoke for us all when he said at the events of D-Day: “It is almost impossible to fathom the courage it would have taken to run into the fury of battle that day.”

At the deeply moving commemoration, William wore a stack of medals and stood alongside world leaders, standing in for his father, King Charles, who had to ration his appearances due to his cancer treatment.

A moment to remember, as the baton was temporarily passed from parents to children. And one that made us understand Prince Harry’s absence more than ever.

How must Harry have felt watching the proceedings from the isolation of his California mansion while his wife Meghan whips jam for a living?

After all, Harry was the one the veterans loved, his natural camaraderie making it easy for him to joke and laugh with them. Unlike William, Harry knows what it’s like to be on active duty and partly understands what these brave soldiers have been through. He would also have proudly worn his medals on this momentous day, if he had not severed his ties with his homeland, declaring war on his family in Spare’s memoirs.

However, I couldn’t see a single post about the 80th anniversary of D-Day on the Sussexes’ website. Why doesn’t he say anything about the extraordinary courage of the veterans? Perhaps I missed some tribute he made, but his apparent silence only accentuates how he abandoned his past life, as well as his distance from family and country.

He must find the world a lonely place, sadly contemplating, I imagine, the solemn events of this week, no longer speaking to his brother and wondering if his decision to avoid so much of what he knows and loves was worth it. How tragic for him that, on June 6, Harry went missing in action.

Alec’s ugly side

Just weeks before his trial for involuntary manslaughter following the 2021 filming of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of her low-budget Western film Rust, Alec Baldwin announces that he and his wife Hilaria are filming a new reality show that will air next year in the US.

“We invite you to our home to experience the ups and downs, the good, the bad, the wild and the crazy.”

Halyna’s family could rightly describe a show as embarrassing as The Good, The Very Bad and The Downright Ugly.

What right does Rishi have to ask young people to sign up for National Service for a year when he himself cannot last a day at the historic D-Day ceremonies and quits halfway through?

Accused of selfishness for abandoning her husband Eamonn Holmes after 27 years, just as he suffers a serious illness, Ruth Langsford has barely been off social media, posting happy photos of herself, including one in which she has cut off her hair. estate. And she’s still wearing her wedding ring! I guess her next time on Loose Women will be when she takes it off, so she can milk her discarded marriage for all it’s worth.

Good luck to Olivia Henson, bride of the Duke of Westminster, who arrived with the train of her beautiful dress fluttering in the wind. When that happened to me, the priest said it was a sign that the angels were keeping my happiness high. My marriage lasted six years. Just say.

Hairy Biker Si King posts a photo of himself with a glass of beer, two unopened bottles, and an empty chair for his best friend Dave Myers, who died in February. Having lost my best friend Gary in March, I still pull out a bottle of his favourite, London Pride, knowing he’ll drink it while he looks down on me.

Go fund yourselves, loves.

Hollywood stars Keira Knightley and Renee Zellweger are among those calling for funding to be withdrawn from all film budgets for an anti-bullying watchdog to protect actresses like them on set.

Keira is worth around $80 million, Renee $90 million, while the other signees are Dakota Johnson ($14 million) and Sienna Miller ($18 million).

Caramba! Let’s hope these super-rich luvvies, who could finance a watchdog in the blink of false eyelashes, are digging deep into their Prada bags to help out the struggling actresses following them.

Reduce calories to reduce cancer

Researchers say weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy reduce the risk of obesity-related cancers by a fifth and bowel cancer by half.

Very good, but surely it is obvious that obesity is a major risk factor for cancer and is reduced with weight loss.

With the annual cost of obesity to the NHS being £6.5bn, older people should simply stop eating all the cakes rather than wait for expensive free drugs.

Full figure Fiona Harvey, the alleged stalker who was identified as the inspiration for the deranged character Martha in the hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has launched a £133 million lawsuit against the streaming giant for emotional distress and reputational damage. . Now, that’s a sizeable suit: I estimate more than £10 million for every kilo of her actual body weight.

Helen is worth her £250,000

Cost-cutting at Coronation Street is being blamed for the departure after 50 years of star Helen Worth, who has been playing Gail Platt on a £250,000 salary.

Heck, since Gail had five husbands, one of them a serial killer who tried to kill her mother and buried all but one; and given that she’s been deceived for five decades, survived three assassination attempts, and was taken hostage, I’d say she was worth every penny of her glorious half century!

kate expectations

Ellie Bamber as 30-year-old supermodel Kate Moss in a new film reminds me of what her favorite photographer Mario Testino once told me: “Those chiseled cheekbones… Kate’s face is a blank canvas to paint the pictures on.” most beautiful”.

Ellie is not Kate; she looks more like Jennifer Gray in Dirty Dancing right before she got sexy with Patrick Swayze.

When the house of neighbors with two babies was robbed this week at 1 in the morning while they were sleeping upstairs, it was caught on security cameras. The police arrived at least quickly, but said they could not identify the thieves or their car, even though security cameras showed the license plate. Your advice from him? Get new locks on your windows. A sad situation when even the police think that it is our responsibility to protect our homes and families from villains.

Westminster Wars

• Watching Tom Cruise almost climb into the Prime Minister’s limousine in Battersea, where Rishi was on the campaign trail, I sensed a fleeting ray of hope for the Conservatives: someone with charisma and cunning who could succeed in impossible missions. Unfortunately, it was a mix-up. Tom simply tried to get into the wrong car.

• As soon as Nigel Farage declares that he will lead Reform UK and stand as an MP, the Conservatives’ popularity rating plummets and Reform drops to within two points. I’m not sure whether to laugh, cry, or throw a milkshake in my face.

• The BEST election coverage goes to LBC political editor Natasha Clark, whose daily briefing runs exactly one minute – about as long as we can stand for an election.