What bargains did Kate buy?

IT’S a question that threatens to divide the nation almost as much as Leave or Remain. In the great War of the Windsors, are you Team Kate or Team Meghan?

I wasn’t quite sure, to begin with. After all, I love an outsider and Meghan has come an impressively long way from her American roots. But there has always been something just a little too perfect about her that makes me wonder how much is engineered for the cameras.

That is definitely not true of Kate. What you see is what you get with the Duchess of Cambridge. Witness her last-minute, Christmas shopping trip to budget superstore The Range, just outside King’s Lynn, Norfolk, to stock up on cheap and cheerful stocking fillers. The future Queen, queueing at the tills like anyone else.

I wonder what she bought. A Grumpy In A Jumpy knitted bear cushion (£7.99) for Prince Philip? A Fairytale Princess Classic Doll and Horse Playset (£10.99) for Anne? The Balmoral Cushion (£6.99) for the Queen?

And for her beloved brother-in-law Harry and his lovely bride? No better gift, surely, than the Warm Happy Ending Plaque with the charming message: ‘Christmas is the warm happy ending to our family’s story each year.’ A snip at £1.13 — now reduced to 76p. It’s the thought that counts.