After a bombshell interview with the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, watched by millions in America and throughout the Commonwealth, the question is this: is Meghan Markle the Little Mermaid or the second coming of Wallis Simpson?

The Duchess, who seems to get much of her knowledge of the world from television, may not have watched the episodes of The Crown that deal with Simpson, the American socialite and divorcee who won the heart of King Edward VIII, causing a constitutional crisis that led to his abdication.