OPINION - Britain and the Royals have both lost out from Harry and Meghan’s exile

The Coronation brought a mixed bag of emotions. I spent most of it next to a very soggy Buckingham Palace broadcasting with American network CBS. The makeshift media village was so muddy it was like that other great British institution, Glastonbury, with slightly better loos.

At one point the American anchor broke from the script and exclaimed: “Wow … you guys are SO COOL?”