"The suffering of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have fled from a luxurious mansion in Windsor to seek sanctuary in a luxurious mansion in Hollywood via a luxurious mansion in Vancouver, is not for the faint-hearted.
(Jan Moir)

Harry was furious when William advised him to âget to know this girlâ first.
Wait, what? It is hard to see anything pejorative in these loving brotherly concerns, or fail to conclude that, on the evidence so far, the Sussexesâ grievances donât add up to a hill of half-baked beans
Wait, what? It is hard to see anything pejorative in these loving brotherly concerns, or fail to conclude that, on the evidence so far, the Sussexesâ grievances donât add up to a hill of half-baked beans
"Finding Freedom isnât exactly about the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Itâs more like Kevin the teenager and Veruca Salt dictating their feeble moans to Scooby-Doo and Velma, who then publish their findings as The Secret Diary Of Mr And Mrs Adrian Mole.

"the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have always taken pains âhuge pains! â to stress how serious they are about their self-appointed role as world saviours. Not for them the ancient royal prerogative of gorging on peeled grapes while reclining on padded velvet, oh dear me, no.

"Together they would be a force for good, writing on bananas and so forth, insisting the populace should acknowledge the racist past of the Commonwealth (what?) or lecturing us on our travel choices. To be or not to be? To private jet or not to jet? These were the questions.

"an endless grumble about lack of status & respect from within and without the House of Windsor.
Here they carp, they grouse, they seem aggrieved that their needs and wants always seem to come second, third and fourth to the Queenâs, the Cornwallsâ and the dastardly Cambridgesâ.
Here they carp, they grouse, they seem aggrieved that their needs and wants always seem to come second, third and fourth to the Queenâs, the Cornwallsâ and the dastardly Cambridgesâ.
"he could have explained the system to his vexed new bride?
Primarily, that being royal is a form of active service, with ranks & a hierarchy so uncomplicated that schoolchildren throughout the realm understand the line of succession & its importance to the Windsors â and to us.
Primarily, that being royal is a form of active service, with ranks & a hierarchy so uncomplicated that schoolchildren throughout the realm understand the line of succession & its importance to the Windsors â and to us.
"Yet Meghan failed to grasp the simple truth that, constitutionally, she was not quite her sister-in-lawâs equal. And that is nothing personal, nothing racist, nothing sinister, nothing bad. It is just the way it works when you are a not-so-merry wife of Windsor.
"portrayed by sympathetic journalists in this laughable book, cavilling at every lackey or brother or newspaper who failed to deliver due deference or give them the esteem & status they feel they deserved.
"in airing these ten-a-penny gripes, they have lost even more respect.
"in airing these ten-a-penny gripes, they have lost even more respect.
"If you have a peeled onion to hand, please feel free to wave it under your eyes as we turn to an incident back in the beginning, when Prince William fretted that his younger brother was rushing into things with his new girlfriend.
