One of the most serious bones of contention between Harry and his father, the King, is the monarch’s refusal to endorse his children Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, as HRH.
It’s a status they automatically acquired – along with the prince and princess – as the king’s grandchildren when Charles took the throne in September.
Harry and Meghan aren’t allowed to use their HRH titles, but that’s just a gentlemen’s agreement.
Nothing prevents them from triggering the royal equivalent of the nuclear option by resuming the use of titles.
But it might force the king to issue letters of patent formally removing everyone’s title – something he would be reluctant to do.
While the Sussexes seem keen on burning bridges, the King, a source advises, is still very keen on building them.
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: One of Harry’s most serious points of contention with his father the King (pictured together on Trooping the Color in 2018) is the monarch’s refusal to endorse his children Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, as HRH
As the publication of Harry’s book Spare nears, it appears the Palace has been unable to secure a copy in advance.
Although the plan is not to comment publicly – a policy the Palace adopted with the Netflix Harry & Meghan saga – he would like to be ahead of the game rather than having to read quickly after sending a subordinate to Hatchards in Piccadilly, booksellers in the King, in the morning, it is published to pick up a few copies.
Former BBC correspondent Michael Cole, avidly eyeing Emer Heatley, pictured playing John Stonehouse’s mistress on ITV, claims she grossly exaggerates Sheila Buckley’s speech impediment.
He should know. He got the only interview with her when Stonehouse was arrested in Melbourne after faking his death.
“She lied very convincingly to every question I asked,” Cole recalled, adding, “The sexiest thing about her was a slight deformity in her upper lip that gave her a kind of pout on her face. Elvis Presley.”
Guardians of Wales’ highest peak, Snowdon, have decided that in the future it will be known by its Welsh name after pressure from a petition calling for reform.
King Charles, a longtime Prince of Wales who spent time as a student studying the language, will have to decide whether to follow suit and rename the county created for Antony Armstrong-Jones when he married Charlie’s aunt, Princess Margaret.
