Poor Piers, he definitely got his nose out of joint today with the release of the so called thermonuclear Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. He didn’t seem quite as outraged by the Prince Andrew/Jeffrey Epstein debacle, which is an odd kind of outrage setting to have – abused children in association with the royal scion: yes, that’s “outrageous” says Piers…unhappy American Duchess expressing how she feels about the way she was treated – Well, here Piers has to expend all of his considerable energy dreaming up superheated adjectives: “appalling, cruel, unacceptable, disgusting”, even. In other words, how dare she be overwhelmed by tabloid viciousness and in-law issues? Good Morning, Britain co-host, Susannah Reid, never stood a chance to get a word in edgewise so powerful was the blast coming from Piers. Truly she is a saint the way she manages to keep her cool. I’d very much like Susannah to have her own show so we can finally hear from her without the constant manly interruptions. She seems like a very intelligent woman. But then again women should just be quiet and wait for the men to talk and should preferably not express their emotions or their pain even when they have been treated badly.

It has surprised everyone that the rich and famous have feelings too. Women, whether they are rich, poor, white, or black are punished more severely for those feelings and found to be unacceptable more than men for some reason which I still can’t quite understand. It’s as if the rule book can never be translated or understood. Should Meghan have just smiled and nodded for the next 30 years no matter how abusive the tabloids got? Would that have satisfied the critics? Should Harry have stood by nodding as his wife was savaged by the press? Well, they didn’t and they got away. Proximity to the Crown has always been a tricky and dangerous place to be. Just look at a few history books.