Car crash moment Jeremy Vine guest loses it in tense Meghan and Harry clash
Rick Kelsey argued that the British public are being 'conned'.
Channel 5's Storm & Alexis turned tense as Rick Kelsey, who frequently appears on Jeremy Vine, fumed about the Sussexes. Responding to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's arrival at the European Parliament in Brussels, the journalist acknowledged that Harry had done well with his keynote speech, in which he called for greater protection for children online. "Watching Harry get a little bit emotional there was the first time I felt anything for him in about seven years," Kelsey began. "I take that he cares about his children and other children, and all his work with charities in southern Africa and all his work with veterans here has been applaudable. Absolutely. He's done some good work."
Disputing the "concept" that Meghan and Harry are "not working royals," however, Kelsey noted that the British public were essentially being "conned".
"We are now at a stage where we are discussing on a very successful national TV programme about these two people at the European Parliament giving a speech to international politicians and, on the other hand, we are being told, the public, that they are non-working royals," he fumed.
"They're not given public funds, they're not costing the taxpayer anything," host Alexis Conran fired back.
"They're giving speeches at the European Parliament to politicians, trying to get a message across, which they care passionately about…" Kelsey replied.
"So, you are inspired by them!" Conran pointed out.
Amusing clip of @RickKelsey crashing out about Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex and Meghan The Duchess of Sussex BEING WORKING ROYALS IN REALITY. It’s a reminder of the indoctrination of royalists. They create a lie that Harry and Meghan wanted to be private and try to impose this on them because they presume that if you stop working for the institution, then you stop working completely and stop using your talents for their own passions and projects. They also seem to have selective memories. Harry and Meghan made it clear that if half in half out for the institution was not possible they would continue their work outside of the institution but in their own names because #SERVICEISUNIVERSAL Why do royalists want to monopolise service for the institution alone? Meghan was an advocate for the UN and gave speeches there before she was even a royal. Strange to expect her not to continue just because she not working for that performative institution and when she can now do this without tax funding. Do you sign your life and talents away when you marry into the royal family? It seems royalists expect this.
— Glow Lee (@GlowanneLee) November 10, 2026
"I think the question you're asking… she didn't speak for reasons I can understand about her father recently, and he clearly cares very much about this subject, but I just don't buy the fact that we've got two members of the royal family who aren't working," Kesley reiterated.
"I'm confused by what you're trying to say. Are you trying to say that they're gaming this for their own personal satisfaction? They're shedding light on an issue that's really important. I think we can all get behind that: the damage that social media does to very young kids. They're shedding light on and exposing that. That's a positive thing," the presenter declared.
"I've got no problem with what they're talking about," Kelsey noted. "They just can't tell us that they're not working royals."
Forced to intervene, Storm Huntley reasoned, "The way that you can separate it, technically, is that they are not taking public funds to do this work. They're actually doing this off their own back, unlike the royals. So there is an argument to be made that actually they're doing the royals a service here and a benefit, and the royals might need them."
"They are able to do a lot of things that the Royals cannot do commercially because they are not working royals," Kelsey pointed out.
"They have enormous deals with Netflix, different TV companies that have brought in multi-millions over the last few years. They have the ability to do that, so I'm not surprised that they are doing it; I'm just very much surprised by this whole concept.
"Their arrangement just all seems to be from the early 2020s. 'We are going to pull back, and we realise we went too far. We're sorry. We don't want to say sorry, but you know what? We're gonna try and make amends, and somehow, please let us back in'."
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