Being a member of the Royal Family is not always a barrel of laughs. Mind you it does also have its compensations. Harry was born into it so he had no choice. Megan did have the choice and decided to opt in but the only way she was going to catch Harry was to opt in.

In general there was a lot of good will for the pair of them and when they decided to opt out there was initially quite a bit of sadness but also initially understanding. Unfortunately it has all been downhill as things became clearer.

What they have shown is a great sense of self entitlement along with a staggering disregard for anyone and everyone else. It became clear that whilst Megan was happy with the grand events, the clothes and the money spent, the boring bits were not for her – the local Women’s Institute Centenary in Stoke on Trent on a wet Monday was not for her. Nor did Harry want to be tied down to things beyond his own interests.

Opt out and go off was still fair enough but not the way that they did it. It becomes clearer and clearer that they were planning it from way back. From the very beginning? maybe. What is clear is that Megan had no intention of spending the rest of her life in the UK. Did she ever intend to take out British citizenship?? it was all planning and scheming to get what WE want. The dishonesty is staggering. You have to think that she drove it on and Harry just tagged along behind. You have to give William credit for perhaps not being as thick as all that after all when he gave Harry the (then resented) advice to slow down and go very carefully. Does Megan’s antagonism to William date from then because basically he had sussed her out before anyone else?

Then we had total disrespect for the Royal family. Then off to Canada where actually we had no intention of staying so pissing off all of Canada. So a dash to Los Angeles which of course is where they had always intended to end up, Megan back with her B list, or is it C list friends and Harry tagging along as an extra spare part. All of this whilst Coronavirus struck and whilst everyone else was rallying round helping this pair sat there and sent out pompous and condescending bits of rubbish in desperate attempts to keep in the limelight.

Okay, let them go and they are already drifting into insignificance. Lets talk about the money. In their lordly fashion they announced that they would be free so they could pay their own way (so that’s alright then). Lets look at it. They had a splendid wedding with no expense spared. Following that they were given large allowance and a large house when they wanted to be on their own, plenty of servants and other staff along with security guards, all of this paid for in the end by the British public.

When they finally came clean that they were gone and not coming back they sacked all their staff with little or no notice. Instead they hired a group of La La Land advisors from Megan’s past environment, quality of which we will see. So back to the money. In a lordly fashion they announced that they would pay back the £2.4 million that we the British public had spent on tarting up their house. So where is it? I find no record of it coming back, not a penny as yet. They have graciously condescended to take an allowance of £2 million for a year from Prince (Mug) Charles, which we gather is coming out of his own funds. With a lot of pomp, having run up a large protection bill in Canada they now announce they have hired their own security which they will pay for. Apparently they will not ask for any other money – we shall see.

So renting a house of sufficient style and position in Los Angeles will not come cheap, assuming they cannot sponge on wealthy contacts indefinitely (they do not have enough money between them to buy the mansion they consider they require). Then they have to pay all those staff they have taken on. Then they have to pay their security bill. Then they have to pay their own living expenses and their own transport (must be private jet). Then there are clothes for Megan – she got through over £1 million’s worth last year or so we gather. And Harry will have to buy some new clothes because he can’t swan around in his nice uniforms anymore.

How to pay for all this. Well Megan might get work as an actress but once the ex-royal gloss wears off the reality is that she is a slightly aging, out of practice B list actress. Not sure how much of the above costs that will cover. Harry unfortunately has no qualifications and little on his cv apart from military service, the interesting bits of which he cannot talk about for security reasons. They made a bit of money (well quite a bit) by talking to a load of bankers about Harry’s mental problems but you can only repeat that speech a limited number of times. They could make money by dishing the dirt so to speak on the Royal Family and plenty would pay well for that but again that would be a one off earner and in any case Charles would probably be forced to turn the money tap off. In fairness Harry seems disinclined to go this route anyway.

You would have thought that all their energies would have gone into a concerted effort to start earning money themselves but all we get is condescending statements about charities they are going to set up, which presumably means other people will pay money into and out of which their expenses will be paid of course. Mind you Palace officials are not that easily replaced with. They would never have let this pair announce their incredibly pompous charity name without actually securing the domain, so that some joker could pinch it and make fools of them.

None of this seems to be financing the life style described above, let alone refunding the £2.4 million. However we shall see. What it does mean is that dignity and integrity will be sacrificed for Tinseltown fake crowns. Megan may have got what she wanted but Harry will quickly loathe it. Either way they are rapidly becoming irrelevant.

Nearer home it has been another sunny pleasant day with people here at any rate obeying the edicts. Consequently a pleasant afternoon spent potting up more vegetable seeds so that I will have something to eat if Boris (glad to hear you are on the mend) decides that because of the idiots I am to be put in total lockdown. However sufficient effort was put in to justify a call for a glass of chilled white wine from the cellar. The offering today was a bottle of quaintly named Torrontes from Argentinia and billed as Tesco’s Finest. The label helpfully proclaims Wine, in case you were in any doubt. The name sort of reminds me of Tonto, the sidekick of The Lone Ranger, if you remember him – Hi Ho Silver! Whether this bottle has a silver lining we will shortly see.

How this bottle got in the wine store I am not sure. I think it was obtained by Junior Management as part of a Meal Deal.

Verdict. A little bit rough but quite definitely alcoholic and not unpleasant taste. Too good to be as paint stripper.

Happy Easter