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When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey of their strife and pressures as a young royal couple, I think the vast majority of us all had sympathy. But I never imagined that five years later they would still be playing the victim card - let alone almost transforming it into a commercial business.

In that March 2021 US interview, which marked the first broadside from the Sussexes since Megxit, Meghan spoke of having dark thoughts - a subject not to be taken lightly. They claimed to be the victim of racism by an unnamed royal (later tweaked to 'unconscious bias' after a public backlash), while Harry said he felt let down by his father King Charles.

Then came the 2022 six-episode 'Harry and Meghan' Netflix series, where they bemoaned being 'under siege' from the media - ironic, as I felt surrounded on all sides by their relentless PR and TV appearances.

Again Meghan spoke about the emotional toll she was always under, framing Megxit as a necessary "freedom flight" to escape a toxic environment.

Then in 2023 we had Harry's book Spare, he twisted his decision to dress up in a Nazi fancy dress outfit into another example of his victimhood, as he instead blamed it on William and Catherine.

Talking about donning the deeply offence outfit on Halloween in 2005, Harry claimed he asked his brother and sister-in-law to choose what he should wear and they both chirped: "Nazi uniform!"

As you do.

Now Harry and Meghan are on a fake royal tour in Australia and at it again.

They are either 'cashing in' on victimhood or positioning themselves for relentless sympathy. Why this constant waterfall of self-woe?

Harry told a $1,000-a-head InterEdge Summit in Melbourne Park audience that he never wanted to be a working royal because it "killed" his mother.

That explains why he opted for a quiet registry office wedding in Croydon: to ditch his royal status and live a normal life?

No wait, silly me! It was a celebrity-packed state wedding at Windsor Castle, featuring Hollywood stars including the Beckhams, Idris Elba, Sir Elton John, George Clooney, Serena Williams, James Corden and dozens more.

Would they all have attended if the event were entirely behind closed doors, and no-one ever knew they were there?

Unlikely.

So having media attention, elite-level social circles, wealth, privilege and a few castles and titles can occasionally be jolly good fun for the Sussexes!

This week in Oz, Meghan told Melbourne uni students she was 'bullied' online for a decade and became "the most trolled person in the entire world".

I'm not condoning it, yet ask any celebrity in the world and they will begrudgingly agree that fame sadly brings envy and mean-spiritedness.

Ask JK Rowling about the online abuse she receives for her brave stance in standing up for women's-only spaces and women's safety, and it's probably on a whole new level.

What is sad is that once upon a time, Harry and Meghan offered the world a shining real-life fairytale and a new royal era of magical, positive change.

Instead they now spout the same broken record of victimhood, paranoia and resentment while sitting on their 24-carat, golden thrones.