I watched in horror as Harry told his truth, his whole truth and nothing but his truth...

...and what I saw in the witness box has convinced me it’s now time for the King to take a stand, writes veteran royal commentator Robert Jobson

After more than a day and a half in the witness box, his courtroom ordeal was finally over. “How has that made you feel?” his barrister, David Sherborne, asked sympathetically. Harry puffed out his cheeks and replied, emotionally: “It’s a lot.”

This was, in fact, only round one of the prince’s egocentric battle to reform what he insists is wrong with the free press in Britain. According to Harry, his father, King Charles, has described this quest as a “suicide mission”.

After becoming the first senior royal to give evidence in court for more than a century, it wasn’t quite as bad as that. But unlike when the future King Edward VII took to the stand in what became known as the royal baccarat scandal, there is a lot at stake.