London is a fantastic place, a bit run down and dirty, but I think improving in some ways. It’s an exciting place to be, and just like any capital city, it has an atmosphere of “things happening”. I feel the same about Paris, Brussels, Edinburgh, Dublin.

As for Willie and his helecopter…. well, it was a big deal the first time here as well. There is a shortage of them out in Afghanistan, and this guy uses one to pick up his wee brother and take him to a stag night, then goes showing off to his girlfriend… It costs a fortune to take one of these things off the ground, and like his dad, he seems to think it’s there for his use for free, despite his vast bank balance. And the rest of us have to use the crumbling UK transport infrastructure.

I think most people are just disappointed that he would do that. He and Harry seemed like decent guys, but it seems that they take more after their awful father than we had thought. And that is a huge disappointment.

Royals tend to marry when the country is going through a bad time; it’s a traditional ‘cheer up call’ for the public. Well, really (and I’m not being sexist) mainly for the female public who like weddings. So, I would imagine that pretty soon there will be an announcement, seeing how the country is in a bit of a mess.

I would have thought that it was losing its charm for people (after all they all end in divorce a little while after: Charlie, Anne, Andy, Margaret, Duke of Kent), but people seem to like it while it’s working.

You’re right about Wills. He’s losing his “Diana” looks and getting more like a Windsor. Scary.