IT does not come as a great surprise that Prince Harry says he has a special relationship with the Queen.
We all know there is something magical and unique between grandparents and grandchildren — an unconditional love.
I know I adored my grandad, who was a fun-loving, straight-talking Yorkshire farmer.
He took me fishing and helped me ride a bike, and we loved nothing more on a Saturday afternoon than watching a bit of Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks on the wrestling.
And when I was older and my granny died we became friends too as he battled grief and loneliness.
We spent hours in front of his roaring, open fire talking about the past, present and future.
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So when I was offered a dream job in New York, he was one of the main reasons I turned it down.
I knew that a man who had only gone abroad to serve in the war would not be buying a Virgin Atlantic ticket any time soon — and my American holiday entitlement with the new job was tiny.
I am not saintly, it was just a choice I made. But if you make choices, you make sacrifices too — and you can’t have your cake and eat it.
Deluded Harry doesn’t seem to have grasped that.
He chose to go to America and has barely returned since leaving.
Yet he is now arrogantly trying to claim the Queen struggles to live without his guidance.
Since becoming the King of Montecito he has done horrendous damage to the Royal family, mainly through that vile Oprah Winfrey interview.
Then he did not show up for the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service because of “security risks”.
A few days ago there seemed to be a glimpse of the old Harry when he secretly returned to visit his granny with Meghan for the first time since they ditched their royal duties.
It was a fleeting visit because they were en route to the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, where they had important filming to do.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a £112million Netflix deal to make documentaries, children’s programmes, scripted shows and feature films but have not yet finished producing any content, so this was vital footage.
I am sure that despite everything, the Queen — who has just turned 96 — was overjoyed to see them and hear about her great-grandchildren and their lives in America.
So for Harry to sit down with NBC for a US TV interview and talk about that private meeting just days later is a disgraceful betrayal.
The TV interview was dynamite stuff — just what crisis-hit Netflix itself needs for a blockbuster, and it would be a sure-fire way to get US viewers signing up.
It had everything — a real-life, blue- blooded prince with a cryptic story and secrets about our monarch.
Bitter Harry said he visited the Queen to “make sure she’s protected and got the right people around her”.
He talked about their “special relationship”.
Not the sharpest pencil in the box
He claimed she speaks to him about things that she cannot talk about with anybody else.
Does he really think that when he ran off to America, the rest of the family weren’t capable of being there for her?
Does he really think she can’t speak to Charles, Anne, Edward, Sophie or any of her grandchildren.
No, I am sure he doesn’t. I have no doubt this is all about making the most out of a situation for his own gain.
To give extra pulling power to his chat he added that America was his home — which the Yanks will love.
Then he brought Diana into the conversation and made a sly dig at his brother William, by saying: “It’s almost as though she’s done her bit with my brother and now she’s very much helping me. She’s got him set up, and now she’s helping me set up.”
It’s been said before that Harry is not the sharpest pencil in the box, and if he thinks people cannot see through his plan he really is a twit.
But Harry, cashing in on your granny, who you have a special relationship with, is the lowest of the low.
Of course, even after this, Her Majesty will still love him, but there is no doubt she will be hurt.
If I had done the same, I know my grandad would have called me several things, including a “daft bugger”.
They will not be the words the Queen will use right now but I am sure the sentiment will be similar.
I hope for her sake that Harry stays away from the Jubilee celebrations because his presence will overshadow the entire event.
Neither the Queen nor the rest of the family knows what he will do for his own gain next. They can’t possibly trust him.
It’s as though he has lost his mind in La La Land — and, frankly, that is where he should stay.
You Moss be joking, Lila
KATE MOSS’S daughter Lila Grace, 19, says that when she started secondary school, she described her mum as “old and boring”.
That was eight years ago, when Kate was 40.
If Kate Moss can be called boring by her child, there’s little hope for the rest of us.
How Will he cope?
WE were welcomed this week into the wonderful world of singer Will Young.
First he revealed he is so afraid of lolly sticks that talking about them makes him feel sick.
Then he went on Radio 5 to talk about his new book.
During the interview, listeners could hear the Pop Idol star’s fire alarm beeping constantly in the background.
Will admitted it had been beeping for TWO months and asked for advice on how to change it.
Luckily, “Kev, the sparky” talked him through how to use a screwdriver and change a battery.
The new book, by the way, is a self-help one.
I somehow don’t think it will be a bestseller.
Sons are the real victims
ITV drama The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe, starring Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan as canoe man John Darwin and his wife Anne, has been proving a huge talking point.
Firstly, their “Hartlepool” accents are straight out of Newcastle, the family house has been shown in the incorrect place, and there’s been a jarring slapstick element to what should be a very serious story.
I interviewed their sons Mark and Anthony after their parents were jailed.
For years, they thought their dad was dead, while their mum lied to them.
She then refused to admit guilt so the poor lads were forced to give evidence at court.
Can you imagine their pain and anguish?
They were softly spoken, lovely young men who had been through hell and said they felt their whole life had been a lie and their parents had “trampled over” their lives for money.
The worst thing about this drama is that Anne is being portrayed as a victim – because the only real victims are her two sons.
