Poser prince is fair game

ide SEVEN yea years ago Prince Harry got into ho hot water at a boozy pool party in Sin City.

Days before befo starting a tour of duty in Afghanis Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals he was snapped playing str strip billiards with a mystery woman in i a Vegas hotel suite. And w we loved him for it. Down Dow to earth, hard-working, hard-w hardpartying party Harry was j ust l etting off steam stea before doing his duty.

He apologised later la for being “t o o much Army and not enough prince” but still blamed b the media he’s detested de since his mother’s death for invading his privacy. Harry still s thinks we journalists are out to get him h – and Meghan too.

He genuinely genuinel believes the row over their gas-guzzling gas-guzzli private jet flights is a concerted camp campaign of bullying.

Elton John accuses the press of “relentless a and untrue character assassinations” against the couple.

And Meghan’s Megha actress pal Jameela Jamil tweeted: “English press, just say y you hate her because she’s black, and him for marrying a black woman and be done with it Goddammit. Your bullying is so embarrassing and obvious.” ” How bloody dare they?

This furore has nothing to do with Meghan being black.

It’s about Harry’s green hypocrisy – his “do as I say, not as I do” preachiness and eco-warrior posturing.

It’s about the Sussexes’ spurious attempts to hide the life of showbiz excess they crave – and which we help pay for – behind virtue-signalling PR.

It’s about posting pictures of cup cakes on Instagram, left, with iced-on self-help messages saying Stay Strong and You Are Worthy – because you’ve been shown up by Wills and Kate taking a budget holiday flight with their kids.

It is, to coin a phrase Harry, “too much starry and not enough prince”.

So if you expect the press and the monarchy-supporting public to get off your case you need to stop blaming other people and get real.

And carting your own cases on to a scheduled flight instead of swanning off like an A-lister would be a very good place to start.