Enough, already!

Please, please, please! No more talk about Prince fucking Harry and his choice of fancy dress! The hysteria surrounding this whole affair is beneath us. I've been holding out on writing anything about it because the fuss over the last couple of days merely perpetuates the fallacy that we should care or are influenced by the behaviour of the royals. To dress as a Nazi is suspect enough at the best of times, to do so when you are third in line to the throne is irredeemably stupid. So that's decided then, the prince is a halfwit. Well, there you go, glad we've drawn a line under that one.

The whole story is dragging on because it feeds two British obsessions: those inbreds we call royalty and World War II. I would be very happy if we could put both to the side for once, but no: this story is everywhere for the second day running. Usually this shit is relegated to the tabloids but it really can't be avoided today: the quality press have it on their front pages, Radio 4 has been talking about it all morning. Please, everyone, stop it now.