The truth about Harry

He is, remarkably, the least weird one.

Prince Harry trying to work out what to do with himself now he doesn’t have to cut ribbons on community centres any more.

The less relatable someone is, the less sympathy the general public tend to have for them, and while Prince Harry’s particular dilemmas are not those of your average Joe, the loss of a parent and a fallout with the family are problems we all face at one point or another. Yet the well of goodwill afforded the wayward royal upon his break from The Firm is now drier than the bottom of a budgie’s cage.

Support has been ebbing away since his war with the press over hacking, and the recent court skirmishes regarding his security – which is much more nuanced than screaming headlines and outraged columnists would have you believe but this is not a classroom so you’ll have to read up on that yourself. Now the People’s Prince’s latest interview, where he appeared to open a sweepstake on his father’s appointment with judgement day, and pleaded for a reconciliation with his family, has given plenty of protein to the (rather strange) haters who thrive on his and his wife’s every perceived misstep. Some are horrified, others are amused, that a man who quite definitively shat in the bath when it came to civility with the relations, would suggest now was the perfect time to hop in the jacuzzi for round two.