Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. Or, y’know, you could – if you were so inclined – seize the opportunity to spread yet another rumour about Meghan Markle.

When her relationship with Prince Harry first came to light in 2016, tabloids delighted in hounding Meghan, penning lengthy articles about her divorce, her age (she is a few years older than her husband) and her race (she has a black mother and a white father).

The abuse was so relentless that Harry was forced to issue an unprecedented public statement. “Some of this has been very public – the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments,” he said.

“Some of it has been hidden from the public – the nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers; her mother having to struggle past photographers in order to get to her front door; the attempts of reporters and photographers to gain illegal entry to her home and the calls to police that followed; the substantial bribes offered by papers to her ex-boyfriend; the bombardment of nearly every friend, co-worker, and loved one in her life.”

Calling Meghan Markle a “degree wife” isn’t funny – it’s degrading