Prince Harry missing Prince Philip’s memorial is the ultimate snub to the Queen

PRINCE Harry has proudly spoken about his great relationship with the Queen and his “deep respect” for her.

If that’s the case, then he would do well to show it.



Despite saying he has ‘deep respect’ for the Queen, Prince Harry has told his 95-year-old grandmother that he can’t be bothered to turn up to Prince Philip’s memorial service

Harry’s action is a rejection of the greatest order, made worse by the fact he gave the Queen just 15 minutes to digest the news on Friday before going public with it

Instead, the virtual-signalling Californian convert last week told his 95-year-old grandmother that he couldn’t be bothered to turn up to Prince Philip’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey.

This is an event that Her Majesty has lovingly arranged herself so she and the congregation — to include family, friends, dignitaries and representatives of the many charities and organisations with which the Duke of Edinburgh was associated — can pay their respects. But Prince Harry — who once described his grandfather as “a legend”, a man of “service, honour and great humour” — will be glaringly absent.

This is a rejection of the greatest order, made worse by the fact he gave the Queen just 15 minutes to digest the news on Friday before going public with it.

I, for one, am pleased he won’t be there. I think Harry is an attention seeker with a gigantic chip on his shoulder. The longer he stays in America with Meghan, the better. 

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 He has failed to show his grandmother respect for some time. That Oprah interview where he and Meghan made accusations was wounding to the woman who has given her life to this country.

Harry named his daughter Lilibet in honour of her childhood name — but he hasn’t bothered to bring the little girl to even meet her great grandmother.

Surely he has noticed that the Queen is frail?

This is a woman who has had to cope with the grief of losing the husband she adored, health issues including Covid and the kind of family problems that would test the best of us.

She has been forced to pull out of some public events — such as tomorrow’s Commonwealth Day service.

But on March 29 I am sure she will do absolutely everything she possibly can to be at Prince Philip’s memorial service.

Harry will no doubt blame his security battle for his absence.

Get off his high horse

He lost his taxpayer-funded police protection when he and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in 2020.

Harry says he doesn’t feel safe in Britain without Scotland Yard officers because privately hired bodyguards do not offer enough protection.

His offer to finance it himself has been turned down so now he’s taking legal action against the Government to allow him to pay for Metropolitan police security for him and his family when they visit the UK.



I think Harry is an attention seeker with a gigantic chip on his shoulder. The longer he stays in America with Meghan, the better

Are we really to believe that a man who served in Afghanistan is too scared to be in Westminster Abbey where, I imagine, there will be a decent amount of top-notch security on standby?

He is too pompous to get off his high horse and head home until it is resolved.

And he’s a coward who doesn’t want to be quizzed by the family he has already betrayed about his upcoming memoirs.

To really rub salt in the wound, on Friday night, after snubbing the Queen, his spokesman revealed that Harry would fly to the Netherlands three weeks after the memorial for the Invictus Games.

And a few days ago he was in Texas for a rodeo. So presumably it is only the UK with security issues.

This is a service arranged by an ailing grandmother so that everyone her husband loved can be together in one room for a celebration of his life. Harry will not get a second chance at this.

He really needs the talking-to of his life — and the Duke of Edinburgh would have been the man to give it to him.

Hollywood right up Neighbours cast’s Street



Margot Robbie started off on the set of Neighbours

Perhaps the most famous ex-Neighbours star, Kylie Minogue didn’t do too badly after leaving the show

THE cast of Neighbours have started flogging video messages for as little as £7.50 to cash in before the Australian soap ends. Surely they need to stop panicking. You only need to look at the Erinsborough alumni, from Kylie Minogue to Margot Robbie, to know that it’s not all doom and gloom after Ramsay Street.

Jeevan is bill bored

“I AM serious. This is not a joke,” is the personal message you are greeted with when you log on to the website of Jeevan Bhachu, a single man advertising on billboards on the London Underground searching for a wife – describing himself as “The Best Indian you’ll take away”.



Jeevan Bhachu, a single man advertising on billboards on the London Underground searching for a wife

 He says that since Covid, dating apps are declining and he’s “more interested in meeting than countless texting and swiping”. 

He’s pretty brave to do what he’s doing and it’s cost him a whopping £2,000, so it shows how committed he is. 

I wish him luck and truly hope he finds the love of his life. They’ll always have an interesting story to tell the grandkids about how they met.

So pig thick

SCIENTISTS in Denmark have worked out what pigs are saying. 

Dr Elodie Briefer, at the University of Copenhagen, says it provides “insight into their emotions” and may help farmers decipher their animals’ state of mind. 

They found pigs make a lot of noise when scared or upset, including when they go for slaughter. 

Talk about oversharing. With research like this being boasted about it’s no surprise youngsters don’t eat pork pies these days. Neither do I, now.


DEAN GAFFNEY lied to us all. The 44-year-old actor said he was going to stop dating women in their twenties. Then he met a glamorous blonde called Valerina, who is 25 (the same age as his daughter). Apparently they have grown very close. I’d put bets on what happens next.


Nappy days over

I COULD never claim to be Mum of the Year.

But when my three-year-old goes into reception he’ll be “school ready” – because he is already out of nappies, able to feed himself and play with others, use a pencil and respond to simple instructions.



Parents need to realise the latest social media update is not more important than interacting with our own children

So I was shocked by a YouGov survey for early years foundation Kindred² which revealed just 50 per cent of pupils were prepared when they started school last year.

It is tantamount to child cruelty because kids who are behind at four may NEVER reach their full potential in life.

Nearly three-quarters blamed mums and dads not reading to them and “spending more time on electronic devices than with children”.

Parents need to realise the latest social media update is not more important than interacting with our own children.

If we don’t, the next generation will be able to operate a tablet but unable to read a book.

There are children with special needs and parents who struggle to read, but that’s a different conversation. 

Teachers shouldn’t have to change the nappy of a four-year-old or spoon-feed them. 

And if children are unable to use cutlery or a toilet, they should be sent home, because our kids may never reach their potential if they are still babies in nappies when they go to school. 

BBC’s a comedy

MORE ridiculous woke cuts at the BBC.

This time they are cutting back on kids’ dramas on CBBC in favour of cartoons, as they want to get more working-class kids watching and apparently that is what they like.

I’ve no idea who did this expensive research, but it was probably some upper-class idiot. It is such a nasty assumption that middle-class kids like drama and working-class prefer cartoons.

The BBC has apparently done this to increase their working-class audience.

I hope they tell the Beeb to stuff their cartoons and watch Netflix instead.

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