THIS FEMINIST, NEOLIBERTARIAN STILL LOVES THE QUEEN

But thinks Harry and Meghan have totally blown it.

Her Majesty hits the right note — having tea with Paddington Bear.

I try not to involve myself in the pile-on aimed at Harry and Meghan, but their humiliation at the Queen’s Jubilee felt very well deserved. And inviting them, against the will of a majority of Brits, was actually a masterstroke by the Queen. I grew up at a time when we still sung God Save the Queen before class. And decades later, it is still this remarkable woman we are asking God to save. It is also clear she remains a few steps ahead.

By not giving Meghan and Harry a last hurrah as royals, invited instead as much loved family, it became obvious how uncomfortable these two are when not out front — in a role they reject when it’s too much like work.

Told to stay off the balcony during the Trooping the Colour, of course Meghan finagled a shot of herself by appearing in front of a window shushing some royal kids.

Meghan’s version of keeping a low profile, right in front of a widow.

And her inappropriate, beaming smile, a rictus likely informed by a serious personality disorder and honed on a soundstage set, exposed how deeply disconnected are she and Harry from reality, the Queen and Britain itself. Benched to the second row on the wrong side of St. Paul’s, far from William, Kate and the rest of the top tier, Meghan grinned gaily while Harry fumed.

A fact not widely reported was the level of booing they faced on the way out, fleeing to Frogmore at Windsor but not without one last vanity flash for posterity from Meghan who rolled down the window to enable a photo — against the security protocols they had publicly demanded.

After nearly two years of trashing the Queen, the BRF and the UK with unfounded accusations of racism, cruelty and lack of financial and emotional support, even while the aging Queen’s husband was dying — everyone has had enough. Harry and Meghan carry with them the shadows of all the people on their growing grievance list, including the royal family, the British public and Meghan’s abandoned, critically ill father who is recovering from a stroke. They have isolated themselves with selfish demands, hyper-criticism of their own families and the marketing of Diana’s tragic death for fast cash. The Oprah interview got the ball rolling and Harry’s upcoming autobiography will make it worse. There is no way back.

Harry has gone from a happy-go-lucky, occasionally naughty lad, close to his family and beloved for years as the most popular royal — to a bitter, angry symbol of entitlement and greed. Now at the bottom of the list, Meghan and Harry have fully lost the popularity contest they so wanted to win.

That he represents himself as a guru of the mental health movement when everything he does leads him further from the healthy bedrock of faith, family and duty is a perfect representation of the narcissistic American wellness culture. Harry and Meghan couldn’t find their bliss by gratefully earning all they’d been given so they moved on, even while demanding cash from Prince Charles to do so.

Harry calms himself with tapping.

So what happened to Harry? I do believe he struggles still with his mother’s death and that Meghan exploits this by espousing various causes and fashioning herself as a modern day, crusading Diana. Poor, broken Harry was irrevocably captivated and didn’t stand a chance. Meghan’s empty virtue signalling, especially on their early dates seems to have flipped a switch in Harry’s head and he is playing out a dangerous rescue fantasy that someone needs to call him on.

The lies she told on Oprah reveal a woman desperate to create a narrative favourable to herself, at any cost. It’s a formula that works well in tribal, divided America but even there, the adoration is wearing thin. They are no longer bankable and Netflix and soon Spotify are heading for the hills.

I cried my heart out when Diana died. I got up at 4 AM to watch her wedding and spent the days after her death in shock, as did many other hard-charging women I knew. Like Meghan, we all have hidden princess fantasies and Diana embodied that for women my age. The difference? Diana slogged with grace through her husband’s romantic betrayal, an eating disorder, and depression all underpinned by a difficult childhood all while performing flawlessly for the Crown. She had an affection for the British people and was loyal to the monarchy despite her conflicts with it. So, Meghan seems to have tricked her husband but from where I and most British people sit, Meghan is no Diana.

God save the Queen and Harry.