Good Morning America, the US’s biggest TV breakfast show, must have been thrilled with Prince Harry’s first interview so soon after his father’s shocking cancer diagnosis.
It suited the Prince well too, as his admirable Winter Invictus Games were promoted on the show, and he was back in the spotlight just days after he and Meghan launched their new website, Sussex.com.
Harry returned the favor and dutifully answered questions about King Charles’ health.
How did you hear about it? ‘I spoke to him. I jumped on a plane.” Can a cancer diagnosis have a unifying effect on your family? ‘Possibly, yes. I love my family.’
William, Kate and Camilla, all expressed in Prince Spare’s memoirs and Netflix shows, may have a different view on this, but it doesn’t matter.
Prince Harry with his father, King Charles, at an event in London in 2019
The prince told us he was “enjoying every day” of life in California and was asked if he “felt American” or planned to become a citizen of the United States? To which a thoughtful Harry said, “I’ve thought about it, yes, it had crossed my mind.”
And I said to myself, ‘Harry an American citizen? Hurrah! Can we finally get rid of this troublesome prince?’ Granted, he would have to sidestep the fact that U.S. authorities won’t like his admissions of past drug use.
But if he became an American citizen, that could solve everything. Because it would not be up to his loving father to decide as king whether to strip him and Meghan of their titles.
According to U.S. immigration policy, “any applicant who holds any hereditary title or position of nobility in a foreign state must renounce the title or position.”
Harry would even have to ‘explicitly renounce the title in a public ceremony’. The couple would no longer be a Duke and Duchess, just Harry and Meghan Sussex – or whatever surname they chose to use.
Of course it was a flight of fancy. I suspect hell will freeze over before Harry and Meghan allow it. The Sussexes have no cachet in America without their royal connections.
But imagine it. Harry the humanitarian, an ordinary gentleman – calm and serene, no longer resentful of being a spare without a purpose. And we in Blighty are finally enjoying the peace of mind from his constant nagging.
Please Harry, do us all a favor. Become a US citizen.
Brexiteer MPs are calling for Rishi to swallow his pride and bring Boris back as a fellow campaigner to have any chance at the next election. As Boris once said: ‘You are more likely to meet Elvis Mars or that I will be reinvented as an olive’.
Sharon’s bare cheek
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone – worth £48million – says people don’t understand the pressure of being famous, rich and beautiful and that it’s expensive to employ staff to maintain her movie star look every time she goes out to imitate.
Look on the bright side, Sharon. Think of all the money you’ll save without having to buy a pair of underwear.
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone – worth £48million – says people don’t understand the pressure of being famous, rich and beautiful
Stop the clocks. Torvill and Dean, the Romeo and Juliet of the ice rink, hang up their skates 40 years after that Bolero performance. How appropriate. In dance, Ravel’s Bolero embodies a message about the need for human connection. Jayne and Christopher may never have been lovers, but their lifelong friendship captured all our hearts.
Romance will end soon
Taylor Swift’s romance with NFL football player Travis Kelce was a celebrity match made in Heaven — until he was so drunk after winning the Superbowl he could barely stand.
So legless that he couldn’t sing Garth Brooks’ country hit Friends In Low Places and his teammates had to keep him from falling off the stage.
Travis Kelce hugs Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Superbowl win against the San Francisco 49ers last weekend
Then he continued drinking late into the night after one person was killed and others injured in a shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. Not exactly the man you would expect from the squeaky clean, almost teetotal, never swearing, completely in control Taylor.
I’ll give it six months.
Westminster Wars
Rachel Reeves takes tax cuts off the table as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insists they are still his priority. Finally clear blue water between Labor and the Tories. Although, after this week’s catastrophic Conservative by-election, that water is as blood-soaked as a scene from Jaws.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insists tax cuts are still his priority
And it was hardly a vote of confidence from Tory leader Richard Holden, who told Nick Ferrari on LBC yesterday that he has not even decided whether to stand as an MP at the next election.
Oh, gentlemen, help us!
A moment of utter parody as Welsh Plaid Cymru parachutes Carmen Smith, 27 – who has vowed to abolish the House of Lords – into the unelected House of Lords as the youngest ever peer.
“Hopefully the work I can do will make that space look different,” she says.
Well, her red hair and Doc Martens will be a welcome change from all that dandruff-covered ermine.
Zendaya’s look is out of this world
God damn, what lengths some actresses go to these days to suffer for their art!
Zendaya wore a metallic cross-tie outfit complete with two-inch claws and see-through cutouts for her breasts and butt at the premiere of the futuristic film Dune Part 2
I’m talking about Zendaya’s performance at the premiere of a poor man’s futuristic film Dune Part 2, Star Wars. She wore a metal outfit with a crotch closure, complete with two-inch claws and clear cutouts for her breasts and buttocks. She is not Princess Leia.
Although we, mere mortals, were wondering how she manages to go to the toilet while getting up. Or maybe the ladies on Planet Arrakis don’t need the ladies.
Warner Bros will make a Harry Potter TV series based on the series JK Rowling‘s books – and she becomes a producer. One in the eye of online trolls who attacked her for her sensible views on what it is to be a woman. Both and for Emma Watson And Daniel Radcliffe, the child stars who criticized these views. I don’t expect any parts for them in the new series.
The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey is campaigning to have mindfulness taught in schools as ‘Brianna’s legacy’. We understand why Esther feels the need to campaign and hold on to the memory of her child. But I hope she also finds time to take care of herself.
Esther Ghey campaigns to have mindfulness taught in schools as ‘Brianna’s legacy’
Before attending the opening night of the Live Aid musical, Bob Geldof backtracked on claims he had a “white savior complex” after raising £114 million for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985. Sir Bob rightly said: ‘Black saviors, white saviors, green saviors, I’m with them all.’
Why was the protester granted asylum?
Anti-Israel protester Heba Alhayek, who proudly wore a paraglider sticker in honor of Hamas’ terrorist act on October 7, walked free from court despite being found guilty under the Terrorism Act. It then emerged that she had been granted asylum status here after claiming she had fled Gaza under threat of persecution by . . . Hamas. Try to keep your mind on that!
Comedian Paul Currie, who reportedly shouted at an Israeli man who objected to him displaying a Palestinian flag, was supported by the crowd of 200 who shouted: ‘Go away’. Soho Theatre, host of the show, condemned his ‘appalling actions’ and says he will never be invited back. The irony is that Soho Theater was once a synagogue.
Actress Sheridan Smith and adventurer Ben Fogle are the latest celebrities to open up about their struggles with ADHD. Oh dear! If fidgeting, lack of concentration and forgetfulness are the symptoms of this debilitating condition, then 90 percent of the population does not suffer from it, including myself.
Ben Fogle and Sheridan Smith have complained about their struggles with ADHD