Last time Harry invited us in but then cried 'privacy' — it was the Irish media that exposed him

Winning pity is a tricky business and in this regard Prince Harry has more in common with his father than his beloved late mum

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by Tom Bradby for 'Harry: The Interview' which will be broadcast on ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm on Sunday, January 8. Picture: PA
 

Amid all of the revelation and resentment of the past three days from an increasingly isolated former Prince Harry comes an enchanting similarity with his mother, and her use of props and pantomime to get even.

Diana’s desire for retribution against many of the same people her son rails against today came through the ‘revenge dress’, an elegant Christina Stambolian-designed, classy equivalent to the modern-day tell-all book exposé or Netflix documentary series.