EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Harry and Meghan can still use their HRH titles despite their deletion from the Buckingham Palace website

Harry can still use the title His Royal Highness, despite being removed from the Buckingham palace website.

Meghan can too. The Letters Patent awarding the HRH honor have never been voided, allowing them to continue using the titles if they wish.

The statement from the Palace in 2020 read: ‘The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal family.’ Which is nonsense. Beatrice, Eugenie and Prince and Princess Michael use HRH and his non-working royals.

The king hopes the fudge will hold, as he has no appetite for formally changing the rules laid down by George V in 1917.

Prince William, still reeling from his ill-fated Caribbean tour last year, could soon face another thorny issue over his mother’s favorite holiday destination, Barbuda.

Small sister island Antigua faces a challenge to its colonial history, with the government planning to boost development by amending the law making all of Barbudan’s land common to its 545 residents.

Since William was a regular visitor to Diana, islanders write to him seeking support. Intervening would put him in direct conflict with Antigua’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne.

He’s already determined to break the royal connection and, according to local gossip, is keen to become President Browne in their place. William may be hoping that the Barbudan request for help gets lost in the mail.

The Prince of Wales visits the Duchy of Cornwall’s nursery to open a restaurant in July

About Barbuda. English millionaire Henry Anderson, 42, has tried to circumvent the island’s ban on major tourist developments with a 114-hectare villa complex, claiming it was a residence for visiting members of the royal family.

This was news to the palace. Anderson has now been forced to “clarify” saying: “The idea of ​​offering use of the property to members of the royal family was simply intended as a gesture that would or would not be adopted.” Stop digging, Henry.

With France throwing away 700,000 tons of clothes a year, writer Mary Kenny applauds the new policy of repairing them instead of throwing them away. She writes in The Oldie: “Every town should have a seamstress employed.

I am sure that King Charles, who values ​​recovery and repair, would endorse the concept.’

Writer Mary Kenny applauded France’s new policy of repairing rather than throwing away clothes

At the wedding of ex-Newsnight policy editor Lewis Goodall, former BBC man John Sopel makes the mistake of revealing his friend’s vanity when he met his husband-to-be and she asked, “So what are you doing?” Cocky Lewis boasted, “Google me and see how many Twitter followers I have.”

Red-faced Goodall later tweeted to Sopel, “Four Malbecs down and a twinkle in the eye, but still unforgivable.”

Belfast-born Catholic film star Ciaran Hinds recalls how his childhood love of Irish dancing kept him away from The Troubles and highlights his connection to a childhood Protestant friend.

“Peter and I started dancing together, probably when I was five or six,” he says.

“We grew up and kept dancing until we were about 18 or 19… I had a way of fully integrating with Protestants.”

Too bad the Republican and Loyalist headbangers haven’t given up terrorism for Riverdance!