Royals must learn: it’s good to talk, writes VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

AND SO the Royal hoo hah goes on, with Meghan Markle’s father Thomas making a belated entry in to the proceedings: what took him so long? It seems he might be prepared to testify against his own daughter in a court case over a letter leaked to a newspaper: of course he will. What next? Commentators are now brooding over how to modernise the monarchy in the wake of this recent fracas: may I make a suggestion? How about learning how to use a telephone?