Trapped in a time-warp, the Royals remain stars of their own reality show – Carry on Deluding.
Witness the weird, mistaken belief fostered by Edward and Sophie Wessex that St Lucia would swoon over a photograph of them, handed as a gift to the country’s Prime Minister, Philip Pierre.
Or the idea that other islands within the West Indies would welcome them on their current visit with open arms after William and Kate’s car crash of a Caribbean tour.