WILLIAM and Kate’s awkward royal tour of the Caribbean could have been a smashing success… if Harry and Meg had done it instead.

If only the Palace had slathered some factor 50 on Harry’s bald spot and informed Meghan that she was about to play the role of a lifetime.

Of course, the royal yacht has sailed. Harry and Meghan will not even attend Prince Philip’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, which is a disgrace.

It’s a crazy dream to imagine them doing a gruelling meet-and-greet tour of the Commonwealth.

However, seeing William and Kate appear uneasy in the Caribbean served as a reminder of a once-in-a-lifetime historic opportunity that was squandered.

William and Kate gave it their all. However, the truth is that their Caribbean tour would have been ideal for Harry and Meghan.

Harry and Meghan would have been living, multi-racial proof that the Royal Family is not some milky white leftover from ancient history, awake yet glam, caring yet charismatic, their eyes shining with compassionate tears.

From one end of the Caribbean to the other, William and Kate smiled. Wills mentioned Bob Marley twice!

They were up for a good laugh, shaking their royal rumps whenever the band started playing.

Slavery caused William “profound sorrow.” They politely listened as Jamaica’s mediocre Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced his intention to depose the Queen as head of state.

Harry and Meghan would have been living, multi-racial proof that the Royal Family isn’t some milky white relic from the past, awake yet glam, caring yet charismatic, their eyes shining with compassionate tears.

William and Kate smiled from one end of the Caribbean to the other. Wills made two mentions of Bob Marley!

They were up for a good laugh and shook their royal rumps whenever the band began to play.

William experienced “profound sorrow” as a result of his slavery. They politely listened as Jamaica’s mediocre Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared his intention to depose Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

Harry and Meghan would have been living proof that the Royal Family isn’t some milky white relic from the past, awake yet glam, caring yet charismatic, their eyes shining with compassionate tears.

From one end of the Caribbean to the other, William and Kate smiled. Wills mentioned Bob Marley twice!

They were ready for a good laugh and shook their royal rumps whenever the band started playing.

As a result of his slavery, William experienced “profound sorrow.” They sat quietly as Jamaica’s mediocre Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced his intention to depose Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

Kate and William are magnificent ambassadors for this country. Personally, I would prefer that the succession skip a generation and place William on the throne instead of King Charles III.

But when confronted by self-important, self-serving Caribbean politicians desperate to demonstrate how little they care about the monarchy, William and Kate were faced with an impossible task.

Kate and William are outstanding ambassadors for the United Kingdom. Personally, I believe that the succession should skip a generation and place William on the throne rather than King Charles III.

But when confronted with self-important, self-serving Caribbean politicians eager to show how little they care about the monarchy, William and Kate were faced with an impossible task.

How about a quick nod to how the British — and our Navy — did so much to ABOLISH slavery?

What a travesty that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are bleating in their mansion, fondling their lucrative contracts and whining away the Californian day when they could be securing the Queen’s legacy in the Commonwealth.

When they tied the knot on that spring day in Windsor in 2018, there was a sense that this couple had the potential to change the world.

But Harry and Meghan threw it all away in a sulky fit of self-pity.

They are now surrounded by useless luxury, spouting their woke ­banalities and nurturing their grievances.

What a waste and a missed opportunity. For them, as well as for us.

Oksana Baulina, a Russian video journalist, was killed in Kyiv by Russian shelling.

Oksana is thought to have been the victim of a Russian “double tap” attack, a sadistic tactic perfected in Syria’s bloody ruins in which a target is attacked twice in quick succession – the first bomb destroying the target, and the second killing those who rush to help.

Oksana worked as a foreign correspondent in Ukraine, where she specialised in the Russian government’s grotesque corruption.

Oksana was an unimaginably brave woman who gave her life to expose the criminals who had hijacked her homeland.

Her death serves as a reminder that the Russian people are not our adversaries.

Russian shelling killed Oksana Baulina, a Russian video journalist, in Kyiv.

Oksana is believed to have been the victim of a Russian “double tap” attack, a sadistic tactic perfected in Syria’s bloody ruins in which a target is attacked twice in quick succession, with the first bomb destroying the target and the second killing those who rush to help.

Oksana worked as a foreign correspondent in Ukraine, where she specialised in the grotesque corruption of the Russian government.

Oksana was a fearless woman who gave her life to expose the criminals who had hijacked her homeland.

Her death reminds us that the Russian people are not our adversaries.