Two Pommie Sheilas: Harry’s trouble ’n’ strife separates royals from singular past

Will he? Won’t he?

Depending on which British tabloid you read, he might have done it already.

If rumours are to be believed, the days of “party Prince” Harry getting his kit off in Vegas are over as he prepares to bring his actor girlfriend Meghan Markle into the royal fold.

Now’s the time to get shares in tea towel companies — we could have another royal wedding on our hands.

But, before we start digging out our Union Jack window displays, it’s time for a history lesson.

Despite internet pundits comparing side-by-side images of the American princess-in-waiting’s hair, frocks, background — you name it — to our lovely Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan is in fact no Kate Middleton.

She is — shock, horror — a divorcee.

Significant?

It shouldn’t be, but as British royal history shows us, it most definitely is.

Let’s look back at the British royal family circa 1936, when King Edward VIII also found himself taken by an American lady.

Wallis Simpson was also in her late 30s and had been divorced — twice.

Their engagement rumours got anything but a royal fanfare and the move was frowned upon, not only by his family, but also the government, church and the pesky public.

But, much like our so-called party Prince, Edward (or David as he was known) wasn’t one to play by the rules.

His famous abdication and exile to France, after only 11 months of being king, has become the Romeo and Juliet story the royals love to hate.

Warnings about the fate of “Uncle David” are said to have had an impact on future royals — a reminder of why traditional marriages to oh-so-eligible young, single ladies were to remain the norm.

Enter Prince Harry.

Granted, his brother’s growing family means not only will he not see the throne, at this rate he’ll struggle for a spot on the palace balcony.

But, while this is 2017, it’s a mere two monarchs since the abdication of a man who wanted to marry a woman who’d been married before.

While his dad’s marriage to the Duchess of Cornwall might have slackened the reins a tad, it’s well documented Prince Charles’ older relatives would have preferred his marriage to that lovely single lass Diana lasted.

If the party Prince has been ring shopping, thanks to the Queen’s tick of approval, it’ll not only get us royal watchers excited — it will show us just how far the monarchy has turned on its heels.