Pippa Passes

 

The death of Prince Philip, I expect, will kill any public sympathy for Megan Markle or Prince Harry. 

It is reminiscent of the death of Princess Diana. I strongly suspected that she was the problem in that marriage, that she was being selfish and irresponsible. But her death evoked sympathy; the royal family had to come onside and celebrate her or look heartless. Charles’s reputation has never recovered.

Now it works the other way. Harry and Megan look pretty callous for stirring up scandal for the royal family while Prince Philip was, we now discover, terminally ill. 

The royal family may forgive them. The public never will.

The Duke, who devoted his life to service of the monarchy, may have given his greatest service with his death.