Prince Harry is in trouble. Donald Trump is gunning for him over his US immigration status. “I wouldn’t protect him,” Trump announced in an interview last weekend. “He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.” A Washington court is delving into whether Harry lied about past drug-taking on his US visa application, after he confessed to taking marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms in his memoir, Spare. If Harry didn’t tell the truth, he could be at risk of deportation.
There is a whiff of revenge behind this royal family saga. In an alternative universe, Trump could have been Harry’s stepfather. Hilariously, he fancied his chances with Princess Diana in the Nineties. “Trump clearly saw Diana as the ultimate trophy wife,” the news presenter Selina Scott recalled. “As the roses and orchids piled up at her apartment… it had begun to feel as if Trump was stalking her.” Diana felt cornered. “What am I going to do?” she asked Scott. “He gives me the creeps.”
