By now most of you will have read opinions that have debated over the alleged speaker gig the Sussex duo had on 6 February, 2020 courtesy of JP Morgan Chaseat 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami. It was apparently a ‘wealth’ conference (Alternative Investment Summit) aimed at billionaires in order for the bank to entice them to invest with them and was a closed invite only event.

There was bound to be criticism, but the debate appears to be over whether the duo were paid, but the real question is when were they ‘booked’ to speak? Technically they are in a transition period where their security is paid for by the state, and therefore until they step down and are no longer using the HRH title, they are ‘paid for royals’ on garden leave. Thus, on garden leave you can’t work while still on the payroll. They could however…

In the space of a few days since the Sussex duo declared they were getting a divorce from the Royal Family, social media has been flooded with memes, and newspapers have published numerous cartoons that mock the RF, but in particular Harry and MM. Some may appear quite cruel or crude, yet with each there is an element of truth behind the cartoon or meme. I’ve never seen a member of the RF humiliated, and ridiculed in such a short space of time (from established broadsheets too), yet many say Harry deserves it, and MM had been asking for it anyhow.

Satirical cartoons have existed for centuries as a means to express what the public think about a person or event. This was back in the day when many were illiterate and so a picture could say it all, and while now we still have cartoons, we also have memes…