SUSSEX SHAMBLES: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle ‘losing all credibility’ after cringe PR gaffes like ‘fake royal’ row & date night Jackdisaster: PR guru Jack Izzard says Harry seems cut off from British opinion and now risks the US media and public turning…..Full story below

PRINCE Harry has suffered yet another PR gaffe at a Z-list awards ceremony. The former Army officer accepted the Living Legend of Aviation award, in recognition of his time flying Apache helicopters during a five month tour of Afghanistan in 2013, at the glitzy bash in Beverly Hills on Friday.

But the Duke was mocked after a selfie emerged of him posing with a renowned ‘fake prince’, Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe. The German national claims he has royal linage through his adoptive mother, who married Prince Waldemar zu Schaumburg-Lippe, but he’s been accused of cashing in on the title.

PR guru Jack Izzard, CEO of Rhizome Media Group, tells The Sun: “Taking this photo is a real clanger for Harry. This guy has as much claim to royalty as the fake princes who email to ask you to send them £10,000. “His connection to the royal family is getting weaker and weaker. Allowing himself to be photographed with a fake prince suggests he’s clinging to his royal connections by his fingertips. It’s not a great look.
“His PR team should have had a list of attendees and made sure he’d been told to give this ‘fake prince’ a wide berth.

“As his Uncle Andrew knows, a photo with the wrong person can follow you around forever. This may not be on the same level, but it is still embarrassing.” Jack says the Sussexes have “lost their stardust”, especially compared to Prince William and Kate Middleton, who is currently recovering from abdominal surgery in hospital, and seem “out of touch” in their “warm, sunny, comfortable Californian bubble”.

“Even though this award ceremony was held in Hollywood, it was a notch down on the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Basically a kind of trade award for pilots,” Jack explains.