He gave up a historic role, to which he was born and bred, for love. His great-great-uncle King Edward VIII did the same, also for a divorcee from across the Atlantic, Mrs Simpson.
And they share the same fate: expulsion from the Garden of Eden that is the throne of the United Kingdom.
The more I think about it, the more I come to the view that Meghan has ruined Prince Harry’s life.
Because of her, he’s left his family and his royal destiny in his own country and gone to the back of beyond, thousands of miles away.
He won’t be back, or only on rare occasions. She’s got him, and son Archie, and the dog, where she wants them. In her North American homeland.
This is really no business of mine, as I would rather have an elected head of state than a born-torule monarch.
But since that isn’t going to happen any time soon, the Royal Family have a duty to... well, do their duty, and not desert their native...