The principle behind any settlement for the Sussexes should be simple: one can’t be half in and half out.
And: the Conservatives hide their own manifesto away. The LibDems bungle theirs – which Prince Andrew wrecks anyway. Plus: election night line-ups.
Character assassination displaces comprehension, and so damages those who engage in it.
Corbyn says the monarchy “needs a bit of improvement”. Johnson says the institution of the monarchy is “beyond reproach”.
The relative downsizing of election news is likely to freeze the current campaign in aspic. That ought to help the party which leads in the polls.
Rows, plots, leaks, secret deals, an inquiry, debates in Parliament and the loss of the Defence Secretary – all over “a company with a capitalisation of only £30 million”.
As two thirds of people in Britain agreed, the monarchy might seem a strange system in this day and age, but it works.