AMANDA PLATELL: William must never forgive his shameless, fly-in, fly-out brother Harry

Opinion was divided over Prince Harry’s final move from LA to be at his father’s side after news of the King’s cancer broke.

Some saw him as a loving son desperate to be with his bereaved father. Others saw it differently. Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said he used the visit as a “PR opportunity.”

Whatever the case, you can’t escape the fact that he was only in Britain for 26 hours and only saw his father for 30 minutes before returning straight to LA on a scheduled flight.

Since he then took a plane to Las Vegas to present an award at an NFL ceremony, he clearly never intended to hang around.

And yet, during his brief visit, those close to Harry said the oh-so-busy prince would have “gladly accepted a meeting” with his estranged brother William.

What an incredible gal! Is he really so self-centered, so blind to reality, that he thinks he can waltz back into the country and magnanimously declare that he’s ready to meet William? After all he’s done, defame the royal family for his Netflix millions?

How could William ever forgive Harry after his terribly unkind portrayal of Kate in his memoirs Spare or after the description of her as a cold Stepford wife by the Sussexes’ unofficial biographer, Omid Scobie.

As a loving husband, William would rather die in a ditch before meeting a man, brother or not, who had so betrayed his wife.

And why would the Prince of Wales, who cared for Kate after her abdominal surgery and juggled both fatherly and extra-royal duties, break bread with the brother whose petulant departure from our shores led to such an increase in his workload?

Then there is the enormous emotional toll of King Charles’ serious illness, much of which falls on William’s shoulders in his brother’s absence.

A 30 minute meeting before he leaves shows that Harry doesn’t care about that.

William was unequivocal when Harry arrived here this week. A source close to him said there would be no meeting, period. I’m not surprised and doubt that ever will happen.

I don’t believe William should ever forgive his shameless fly-in, fly-out brother Harry. Hell would have to freeze over before he does that.

Brit’s low blow to J-Lo

Britney Spears posts a photo of her and Ben Affleck from 1999 and tweets: “Didn’t I mention I kissed Ben that night, I honestly forgot, damn that’s crazy.”

I’m not sure what’s more disturbing to his wife J-Lo: the salacious details derailing the control-freak publicity for the upcoming album about Ben — or that Britney’s tryst with him was so utterly unmemorable.

Jennifer Lopez was exposed to salacious details about husband Ben Affleck and Britney Spears

Barry Keoghan now says the moment in the unnecessarily unpleasant film Saltburn where he simulates sex on the new grave of the best friend he has just murdered made him ‘nauseated’. Could this be the same Keoghan who told Variety magazine last year that the scene was entirely his idea because as an actor he “wanted to see where I could go with it.” . . I wanted to let my body lead the way.”

Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan said the infamous grave scene made him ‘sick’

The tooth about dentists

The £200 million plan to end the shortage of NHS dentists ignores the root of the problem. Tooth decay starts in childhood and 600 children go to hospital every week to have them removed, while one in ten have not learned to use a toothbrush.

It’s not the rotting NHS that is to blame, but parents who feed their children junk food and soft drinks.

One in ten children has not learned to use a toothbrush

Wildlife charities are bafflingly claiming that our countryside is racist, colonial and unwelcoming to non-whites. I’m not sure how we fix that. Should we create a Nigerian rainforest in the North York Moors, or an Afghan desert in Dorset?

After the Parkrun transaction, where men identifying as women broke records everywhere, organizers decided the solution was not to ban biological males from competing against women, but to scrap records. All part of their ‘inclusivity’ agenda, where unfortunately no one wins.

Just two days after Keir Starmer boasted of Labour’s £28 billion green pledge, he ditches it and loses the battle with shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. He has to watch out for that cuckoo. Wasn’t it Boris’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak who ultimately betrayed him and forced Bojo out?

Keir Starmer has scrapped Labour’s £28bn green pledge

After meeting the Tory manifesto’s 2019 pledge to build 300,000 homes a year just once, Housing Secretary Michael Gove blames the housing shortage on high inflation and high demand due to migration. A bit rich, considering both took place under Tory watch.

Ed’s botox beauties

Outgoing British Vogue editor Edward Enninful gathered forty of his favorite cover girls for his latest edition, including Kate Moss, Oprah Winfrey, Linda Evangelista, Jane Fonda and Victoria Beckham, all looking fantastically timeless.

Crikey, if they dropped a Botox-destroying bomb on them, there would be nothing left but their hair extensions.

The March 2024 cover of British Vogue featuring Kate Moss, Oprah Winfrey, Linda Evangelista, Jane Fonda and Victoria Beckham

Trolls are not allowed to roast Chef Gregg

Shame on online haters who attacked MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace for being a neglectful father for fitting a gym session into his hectic daily work schedule.

Wallace’s son Sid is four, non-verbal, autistic and still in diapers, but the TV chef does everything he can to spend time with him.

How many of his pathetic trolls could or even could change a four year old’s diaper?

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace faced online abuse because of his parenthood

Mount Everest Sherpa Mingma G says climbers have turned his beloved mountain into an ‘open toilet’, leaving behind three tonnes of human waste. He says it stinks and insists that climbers bring their own bags as a deposit, and that inspections take place to ensure they take the problem with them. If only we had a Mingma on Hampstead Heath to police dog owners, we might be rid of all the disgusting dog bags littering this glorious green space.

Why isn’t James happy?

Happy Valley star James Norton is reportedly ‘heartbroken’ over the collapse of his six-year relationship with his fiancée, leading actress Imogen Poots.

They “grew apart,” we are told. Call me a cynic, but that’s usually shorthand for, “I’ve grown apart from you, but closer to someone else.”

Maybe him, maybe her, but few long-term relationships end due to sheer fatigue.

Happy Valley star James Norton has split with actress Imogen Poots after six years

Unsurprisingly, Princess Anne wore one of the late queen’s coats – a chic purple check – as royal watchers spotted. Every daughter knows that we cherish Mom’s garments that we keep when she is gone. I still wear all ten Hermes scarves that I gave to my mother over the years. And I swear even after five years they still smell like her cologne.

Princess Anne, right, wears the late queen’s chic purple plaid coat

The disability benefits bill has risen by 30 per cent since Covid to £100 billion, with many citing mental health concerns for their inability to do work. I wonder how many claimants are just too lazy to get out of bed. They should be ashamed of themselves as £100 billion is more than half of the entire NHS budget of £181 billion.

Prosecutors who questioned Joe Biden about classified documents apparently hidden in his home concluded that he was “a well-meaning older man with a poor memory” who couldn’t even remember when his son died. He went on to give a TV interview to refute claims that he was unfit for office and then confused Egypt with Mexico. And to think that this man’s shaking finger is on the nuclear button!

US President Joe Biden, 81, was assessed by prosecutors as ‘a well-meaning older man with a poor memory’