Kate's still great but Markle's lost sparkle

MY CHAMPAGNE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL

- VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

SOME years ago I read an interview with the inestimable Vanessa Feltz, my colleague here at the Daily Express.

In it she was asked about her big break: sometimes, she said, an opportunity lands on the table in front of you and you have to grab it with both hands. In her case it was an appearance on what was then Richard and Judy and she went for it: she did so well (my words, not hers), that a glittering career in television soon followed. And very much deserved it is too.