EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Has Prince Harry’s pledge to stop writing threatened his £33M publishing deal?

Has Harry’s pledge to stop writing telltale memoirs, in which he declared ‘There’s nothing more to say’, jeopardized his £33 million publishing contract?

Part of the deal promised a second memoir after Spare, upsetting the royal family and deepening the rift between the prince and his brother William.

Now that he and Meghan have confirmed that the public catcalling will stop, isn’t publisher Penguin entitled to a downward renegotiation?

As the first royal to testify in court since 1891, Harry should have a less stressful experience than his ancestor Edward VII.

During cross-examination, his face was observed to “blush considerably and then turn pale again, demonstrating the state of nervousness in which he was.”

At least Harry won’t have to contend with Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, who was prone to falling asleep and had a pet ferret hidden in his “voluminous robes.”

We Will Rock You co-writer Ben Elton, who starred as a rebel leader in a new production of the Queen musical, recalls the critical panning it received after its 2002 premiere.

“I sat next to one of the producers, Robert De Niro,” he recalls opening night when the audience “loved it.”

“He turned to me and said, ‘Well, it looks like we’ve got our hit.’ The next day he was devastated and sent me a note: ‘You British people eat your own.’

Dour Sadiq Khan appears to introduce himself as a comedian, declaring on a podcast “I am the king of dad jokes,” revealing that before meeting Leonardo di Caprio, pictured, he prepared a joke about his farewell talk Titanic character Jack with Kate Winslet as the ship floundered.

Dour Sadiq Khan seems to fancy himself a comedian and declares on a podcast: ‘I am the king of dad jokes’

“You formulate a joke in your head and you think it’s really funny,” says the London mayor with a straight face.

“So I say, ‘You know what, Jack, I would have made room for you on my raft.”

Khan’s sense of humor is clearly no laughing matter.

Shouldn’t Caroline Dinenage, Chair of the Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee, withdraw from today’s questioning of ITV executives, where they are likely to be grilled over Phillip Schofield’s revelations?

Her father Fred was an ITV Meridian news anchor for 38 years and only recently retired.

And what about Konnie Huq’s MP sister Rupa? Konnie replaced Holly Willoughby as presenter of The Xtra Factor.

Polly Toynbee, feverishly promoting her memoir describing herself peering at Boris Johnson like a naked baby, reveals that she recounted her alarming encounter with Boris before writing about it. His reaction? “We probably have the same view of each other, which is an equally great distaste.” Polly speaks truth to power, I think.

Charles Moore, visiting Ukraine, receives firearms instruction with an AR-15 rifle. “The paper target was Putin’s head,” he tells The Spectator. “I got him in the end, though the first shot only hit his shoulder.” Press gang his rule to the front line, pronto!