When Prince Harry makes one of his comparatively rare returns to Britain, he tends to exhibit one of two personae. The first is the old Harry, the popular, light-hearted figure who possesses a common touch that most of his family sorely lack and who is consequently much sought-after for charitable functions and flesh-pressing. This side of him was on display when he last visited the country in September. The second, however, is the stern, grim-faced figure who is always on the hunt for some institution to rail against. His targets are numerous and include the government, newspaper publishers and, of course, his own family, who get it in the neck on a regular basis in the most public and embarrassing of fashions. 

It is the latter Harry who has returned to the country of his birth this week, and this time even those not especially well disposed towards him might believe that he has a reasonable quest. A trial is beginning at the High Court today that sees various high-profile claimants, including the Duke of Sussex, Sir........

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