AMANDA PLATELL: Female royals must be glad that Meghan is staying away

Now we know why Prince Harry lasted so long before accepting his coronation invitation.

Far from worrying about his duty to king and country, he was obsessed with the seating plan. He needed to know who he and Meghan, if she condescended to attend, would be behind and who would be in front of them.

What an arrogance to refuse to say until the last minute whether they would come or not. How rude not to reply on the RSVP date.

And all because the narcissistic prince was preoccupied with his own dignity and the couple’s place in the royal pecking order.

Harry and Meghan have made their choice. They’re not working royals anymore. This vengeful couple should be thankful they got an invite in the first place. And given how crassly Harry has accepted it, he should be placed at the back of Westminster Abbey behind a very large pillar – an irrelevant spare that sits in obscurity.

Given how rudely Harry has accepted it, he should be placed behind a very large pillar at the back of Westminster Abbey

As for Meghan, I’m glad she’s not coming. But not half as happy, I bet, as the other female members of the royal family. Because the sad truth is that ever since Harry and Meghan left for California, the self-proclaimed feminist and campaigner for women’s empowerment has done nothing but insult the women in the royal family. Like a sniper, she shot them all. The Queen first, by stating to Oprah Winfrey that a senior royal had questioned the color of their firstborn’s skin, suggesting that the royal family is racist.

While the comment was clearly not directed at the monarch himself, as head of the family she would have been deeply hurt.

Then Kate was killed in the Duchess’s Netflix series with the suggestion that she was cold and unwelcome and made Megs cry before her wedding. When Sophie, the then Duchess of Wessex, offered Meghan a helping hand, she was rejected.

Camilla was also targeted in Harry’s book Spare, proofread by his wife. In it, Harry claimed she “threw him right under the bus” and “sacrificed” him on the altar of her PR operation to become Queen.

Meghan has insulted every high-ranking female member of the family. After welcoming her into their midst, they seemed to face only betrayal.

That’s why they’re all so glad she’s gone. Forever, we hope.

Too fast to judge. . .

Taylor Swift has broken up with her actor boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn and there’s been tut-tutting about the fact that she’s had at least eight boyfriends in 15 years. Her detractors should shrug it off — she’s one of the most beautiful, talented, and successful female artists in the world, and that’s a modest tally. Mick Jagger had as many lovers in one night.

Taylor Swift breaks up with her actor boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn and there’s tut-tutting about the fact that she’s had at least eight boyfriends in 15 years

Fergie is forgotten

Unkind not to invite the Duchess of York to King Charles’ coronation.

Despite being extremely obnoxious, Fergie has remained loyal to royalty and could have made millions writing books about Diana’s marriage or Charles’s infidelity since she’s been at ringside for decades.

To her credit, she’s never dished out the dirt on the royals – perhaps because she’s been too busy cleaning up Andrew.

TV gentleman farmer

How chivalrous of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s estranged husband Clive to appear on TV and defend her after having had an affair for five years.

He blames the breakup on his own insecurity about her success as well as his drinking and failure to support the mother of nine.

He may be right – after all, it takes two to make or break a marriage.

How chivalrous of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s estranged husband Clive to appear on TV and defend her

All four strict judges are demanding an 11 percent pay rise. Shirley Ballas is already getting £500,000 for three months of work. The extra £55,000 she wants is more than the £35,000 the professional dancers get for their guts and without whom there wouldn’t be a show. A PR failure, as Craig Revel Horwood would say.

Farewell to Mary Quant who passed away at the age of 93. The mother of the miniskirt got me in trouble with my mother forbidding me to wear one. So I squeezed into the mini and covered it with a maxi wrap that I took off when I left the house. Mama was never wiser.

More than 1,000 viewers complained about Channel 4’s Naked Education, where adults of various shapes appear nude in front of children as young as 14 to normalize body types. Disgusting! But why blame only Ch4? Which parent would let their child on the show in the first place?

Westminster wars

Keir Starmer insists that some women have a penis, while Rishi Sunak affirms that no woman does. Well done Rishi, but I’m sorry if the future of the country boils down to this kind of arbitrariness.

Following the fallout from Keir Starmer’s election posters saying the prime minister believes sex offenders should not be jailed, Labor’s lead shrunk to the smallest since Sunak became prime minister. The nastier Keir gets, the more Rishi’s ratings rise.

An insult that Liz Truss had been chosen to deliver the Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture in Washington – when Lady T was Leader of the Opposition for four years, served as Prime Minister for nearly 12 years and won three general elections, while Truss held out for 49 days.

Nice to have known you too, Paul

The first episode of the final series of Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs – filmed before he died – ends with him dragging himself away from Newfoundland Peggy. He leaves the poor mutt, still waiting for her forever home, with an epitaph that could have come from the millions of fans who loved Paul so much himself: “Okay honey, it was nice knowing you. It’s hard to say goodbye.’

Amanda Holden returns on Britain’s Got Talent tonight, marking her 16th year on the show. With that body, can she really be a 52-year-old mother of two? I always thought Amanda was a bit of a nit wit, but, boy, does she fight on. She does BGT as well as a daily show on Heart radio while remaining happily married so it’s a golden buzzer from me.

The posh union leader behind the BMA strikes says he’s sorry he missed the walkout because he’s on paid vacation. What about trainee GP Robert Laurenson apologizes for the brutally calculated strike reportedly leading to an increase in deaths. And says sorry to the families of those who died needlessly.

After reportedly discovering her partner Davide Sanclimenti had revealing photos of models on his phone, Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu tweeted, “No one will ever take you seriously with just half-naked photos of you in a bikini.” Perhaps it was the irony of Ekin-Su, who rose to fame on the TV show. . . half naked in bikini.

Despite the vicious backlash JK Rowling faced for her views on gender, Warner Bros has announced it’s giving her the top job as executive producer of their new ten-year Harry Potter TV series. Trans huggers Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson choke on their lentils and quinoa.