AMANDA PLATELL: William must never forgive his shameless, fly-in, fly-out brother Harry

Opinions were divided on Prince Harry’s mercy from LA to be by his father’s side, following the news of the king’s cancer.

He was seen by some as a loving son who desperately wanted to be with his stricken father. Others saw it differently. Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said he used the visit as a ‘PR opportunity’.

Either way, you can’t get around the fact that he was only in the UK for 26 hours and saw his dad for just 30 minutes before heading straight back to LA on a scheduled flight.

Since he then took a flight to Las Vegas to present an award at an NFL ceremony, he clearly never had any intention of lingering.

And yet, during his whistle-stop visit, those close to Harry let it be known that the oh-so-busy prince would have ‘happily accepted a meeting’ with his estranged brother William.

What incredible gall! Is he really so self-centered, so blind to reality, that he thinks he can waltz back to the country and magnanimously declare that he is ready to meet William? After all he’s done, slander the royal family for his Netflix millions?

How could William ever forgive Harry after his terribly unkind portrayal of Kate in his memoir Spare or after the description of her as a cold Stepford wife by the Sussexes’ unofficial biographer Omid Scobie.

As a loving husband, William would rather die in a ditch than meet any man, brother or not, who had seduced his wife in that way.

And why would the Prince of Wales, caring for Kate after her stomach surgery and juggling paternal duties as well as extra royals, break up with the brother whose precarious departure from our shores led to such an increase in his workload?

Then there is the sheer emotional toll of King Charles’ serious illness, much of which falls on William’s shoulders in his brother’s absence.

A 30-minute meeting before flying back out shows Harry couldn’t care less.

William was unequivocal when Harry arrived here this week. A source close to him said there would be no meeting, period. I’m not surprised and doubt there ever will be.

I don’t think William would ever forgive his shameless brother Harry who flies in and flies out. Hell should freeze over before he does.

Brit low blows for J-Lo

Britney Spears posts a photo of her and Ben Affleck from 1999, tweeting: ‘Did I fail to mention I was with Ben that night I honestly forgot, damn this is crazy.’

Not sure what’s more upsetting to his wife J-Lo, the sordid details derailing the control-freak ad for Ben’s upcoming album — or that Britney’s tryst with him was so utterly unforgettable.

Barry Keoghan now says the moment in the free-to-air nasty film Saltburn where he fakes sex on the fresh grave of the best friend he’s just murdered left him feeling “nauseous”. Could this be the same Keoghan who told Variety magazine last year that the scene was entirely his idea because as an actor he wanted to see where I could take it. . . I wanted to let my body show the way’.

The tooth about dentists

The £200 million plan to end the shortage of NHS dentists overlooks the root of the problem. Tooth decay starts in childhood, and 600 children a week go to hospital to have them pulled, while one in ten have not been taught how to use a toothbrush.

It is not a rotting NHS that is to blame, but parents who feed their children junk food and soft drinks.

Wildlife charities confusingly claim that our landscape is racist, colonial and unfriendly to non-whites. Not sure how we fix that. Should we create a Nigerian rainforest in the North York Moors or an Afghan desert in Dorset?

After the Parkrun trans streak, where men who identified as women broke records everywhere, organizers decided that the solution is not to ban biological men from competing against women, but to scrap records. All part of their ‘inclusivity’ agenda where unfortunately no one wins.

Just two days after Keir Starmer boasted about Labour’s £28 billion green commitment, he is ditching it and losing his battle with shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. He should watch out for that cuckoo. Wasn’t it Boris’ chancellor Rishi Sunak who ultimately betrayed him and forced Bojo out?

After hitting the Tory 2019 manifesto pledge to build 300,000 homes a year just once, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is blaming a property shortage on high inflation and high demand due to migration. A bit rich as both appeared on the Tories’ watch.

Ed’s botox beauties

Departing British Vogue editor Edward Enninful gathered 40 of his favorite cover girls for his final issue, including Kate Moss, Oprah Winfrey, Linda Evangelista, Jane Fonda and Victoria Beckham, all of whom looked fabulously timeless.

Crikey, if they dropped a Botox-degrading bomb on most of them, there’d be nothing left but their hair extensions.

Trolls shouldn’t roast Chef Gregg

Shame on the online haters who attacked MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace for being a neglectful father because he fits a gym session into his hectic daily work schedule.

Wallace’s son Sid is four, non-verbal, autistic and still in diapers, but the TV chef does everything he can to spend time with him.

How many of his pathetic trolls could, or even would, change a four-year-old’s diaper?

Mount Everest Sherpa Mingma G says climbers have turned his beloved mountain into an ‘open toilet’ and left behind three tonnes of human waste. He says it stinks and insists climbers carry their own bags for deposits, with inspections to ensure they take the problem with them. If only we had a Mingma on Hampstead Heath to police dog owners, we might be relieved of all the hideous doggy bags that cover this glorious green space.

Why isn’t James happy?

Happy Valley star James Norton is reportedly ‘heartbroken’ over the breakdown of his six-year relationship with his fiancee, posh actress Imogen Poots.

They ‘grew apart’, we are told. Call me a cynic, but it’s usually short for: ‘I’ve grown apart from you, but closer to someone else.’

Maybe him, maybe her, but few long-term relationships end out of sheer exhaustion.

Unsurprisingly, Princess Anne was wearing one of the late Queen’s coats – a smart purple check – as royal watchers spotted. Any daughter knows that we treasure the pieces of mom’s wardrobe we keep when they’re gone. I still wear every one of the ten Hermes scarves I gave my mother over the years. And I swear, even after five years, they still smell of her scent.

The bill for working-age benefits has grown by 30 per cent to £100bn since Covid, with many citing their mental health for their inability to do a job. I wonder how many suitors are just too lazy to get out of bed. Shame on them as £100 billion is more than half of the entire NHS budget of £181 billion.

Prosecutors who questioned Joe Biden about secret documents apparently secreted in his home concluded that he was ‘a well-meaning elderly man with a bad memory’ who could not even remember when his son died. He went to give a television interview to refute claims that he was unfit for office and confused Egypt with Mexico. And to think this man’s trembling finger is on the nuclear button!