EXCLUSIVE The Montecito model of the Royal family is vital for Harry's rehabilitation... as I'm told HE wears the trousers, not Meghan: CHARLOTTE GRIFFITHS, who revealed Harry's new court
It was eight months ago that I first got a call from a trusted contact telling me something I never thought I'd hear – Prince Harry had finally realised the error of his ways.
Having grown dissatisfied with bad advice from US-based image experts, he was instead starting to consult with people 'from his old life' as a working royal, belatedly realising that what he had back in Blighty worked for him.
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