ON A TROLL HUNT

Britain’s royals have taken the unprecedented step of standing up to toxic social-media trolls in the wake of nasty online comments being directed at family members, in particular

Meghan and Kate.

Kensington Palace and Clarence House have announced guidelines for engaging with their channels, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and vowed that if the rules are broken, they will delete comments and block users. In extreme cases, they will report offenders to lawenforcement authorities.

A statement says, “We ask that anyone engaging with our social-media channels shows courtesy, kindness and respect for all other members of our social-media communities.”

Comments on their posts cannot “contain spam, be defamatory of any person, deceive others, be obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful, inflammatory or promote sexually explicit material or violence.” They also must not “promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.”

Earlier this year, the palace revealed that staff spend hours each week blocking “vile” comments, usually about Meghan and Kate. There have also been hate-filled posts in which fans of the two duchesses attack each other.

Meanwhile, Meghan is said to be receiving advice from good friend Serena Williams’ PR team on how to deal with cruel online jibes.