Prince Harry has so much to learn from Prince William

In the run-up to the coronation, the Prince of Wales was a rather detached figure. Prince William kept an unusually low-key profile right up until the week of the coronation, along with his wife: a woman increasingly seen as the Royal Family’s secret weapon. The Princess of Wales combines glamour, accessibility and a welcome sense that she genuinely understands everyday British people, rather than merely trying to.

In the past few days, William and Kate emerged from the shadows. Firstly, there was a walkabout in Soho for the pair two days before the coronation: carefully planned, of course, but giving a welcome impression of spontaneity, and even, given the area’s associations, of faint and welcome raffishness. Then, during the coronation ceremony itself, the early arrival of the new King and Queen meant that William and Kate arrived after them. While this was merely a result of timings, the day was so carefully planned that there was an inevitable symbolic charge to it.