The Sussexes must have hoped for a warm welcome. Then they read the king’s delicately savage letter about ‘private citizens’, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

In an unprecedented letter to senior royal representatives, government and military officials, Charles appeared to put the Sussexes firmly in their place.

King Charles has issued a letter to "senior stakeholders" today where he has made it clear that despite being back in the UK, Prince Harry and Meghan should be considered "private…