A royal critic claims that Harry and Meghan have “backed themselves into a corner” by boycotting Prince Philip’s funeral ceremony.

Russell Myers, the royal editor of the Daily Mirror, said on Thursday’s edition of Pod Save The Queen that Harry and Meghan had “backed themselves into a hole.”

“They’ve backed themselves into a corner with this one, and I don’t think they’re going to win,” he said, adding, “because the Home Office has already said that of course, they would have provided the necessary protection, and this was absolutely case and point that they would have had security had they decided to come to a family event such as this.”