Harry criticised his brother for settling. William donated the money to Harry’s foundation, Invictus. Now that Harry swallowed his pride and settled, will he do the same?

Harry always wanted to prove he was better than William. Now he looks like an idiot - and an ungrateful one, at that.

In his court case Harry revealed that William received a settlement in 2020, amounting to £1 million.

William settled as he did not want to testify and also to avoid having private details revealed to the public.

Harry griped that this deal was with full knowledge of everyone including the Queen. He viewed the decision as weak and self-serving, as the family did not want to damage its reputation.

Well, Harry, it’s equally damaging to your reputation to claim you’re slaying dragons and that you’re better than your brother and your family, only to do the same thing they did.

There’s more than one reason for settling, and not everyone likes it, but it’s not to get money - at least in the UK.

Perhaps Harry wasn’t aware that in the UK, even if you win your civil case, you’re liable for the costs of both sides if the awarded amount is less than the settlement offered by the defendant. This is to avoid lengthy and time wasting legal battles.

This was the reason why many of the claimants, including Hugh Grant, decided to settle. Allegedly, the legal bills Harry would have had to pay amounted to £38 million. That would swallow up his £8 million inheritance and the £22 million he earned from Spare.

Harry has no idea of finances in real life. He’s never had to worry about money before marrying Meghan.

He probably thought that settling for money was a weak way of dealing with the phone hacking issues. Now he realises that trying to make a point through the court case is moot if you end up homeless.

He also must have forgotten that William donated his settlement money to Harry’s pet project, Invictus. Would Harry do the same with the £1.5 million settlement from Rupert Murdoch? I very much doubt it.

This is real life, Harry. You’ve never had to deal with it before because you were protected by everyone from making stupid decisions.

Enjoy your “freedom”.