Before dawn today, a Qantas jet touched down in Melbourne from the United States. Aboard, flying commercial first class but hardly incognito, were world-famous philanthropists and former working royals, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The couple are in Australia for a week of ‘engagements’ in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.

Unfortunately, there was none of the famously fine weather that preternaturally followed the late Queen Elizabeth in her travels. In Melbourne today the weather gods ensured the city was cold, squally and miserable. The Sussex hearts would have been warmed, however, by the phalanx of police and hired security that greeted them on arrival, and followed them through the day. They were treated as the high-profile VIPs they’ve always known themselves to be,

A long way, certainly, from the publicly-funded security deprivation that Harry insists has kept his family away from visiting their British family.

The weather didn’t deter Meghan and Harry from embarking on a day of royal tour-style engagements. They visited Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, greeted by a sizeable and enthusiastic crowd of patients, families and staff. They worked the crowd like pros, Meghan especially making sure she was photographed with a young patient holding a sign for them. They........

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