Harry and Meghan desperate for money during Australian trip

To the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who touched down in Melbourne today for the first part of their whirlwind Australian tour, although I'm not going to call it a tour. They're not here formally as guests of government, they're not working royals, we know that now. This is a four-day commercial venture to milk money out of Australians, dumb enough to pay to be in a room with them. There's a little bit of charity work washing away that brand image problem. But we do know that taxpayers are paying for their very hefty security costs. Here to discuss it, my friend from London, Sky News contributor and News Corp Australia's European correspondent, Sophie Ellsworth. I mean, I feel like we are mugs, Sophie. These guys are grifters par excellence, I call them the ginger and the whinger. There's no public facing events, everything's by invitation only. There's a couple of things as you saw today at the Royal Children's Hospital, but that's just to give a bit of, you know, froth and bubble out there for the media. Most of this is a commercial enterprise. It's to make money. I mean, if you want to see Harry, it's two grand for a seat. If you want to watch him online, it's about $500. If you go along to this ridiculously named wellness retreat, it's called Her Best Life Retreat with Meghan, it's going to cost you $3,000. I mean, I know what Australians think of it, but how's it going down with the punters in the UK? Peter, great to be with you. Look, it's really interesting here because the stories are just coming out here in the UK because they arrived in Australia overnight, our time here in London. But the UK media is really watching what Australians are saying about Harry and Meghan and saying that they are grifters. That's the reporting in Australia and that they are using the country like an ATM. They're watching what the media down under are saying with a lot of interest. But Peter, look, the charity work, I'll never knock them visiting sick children. I think anyone would welcome that. But they are two royals who have disgraced themselves and they're desperate for money. And this is what this trip is all about. They want those good headlines. We know Harry's in court with his former charity, Centre Ballet. This is a PR exercise to try and repair their very badly damaged reputation. And, you know, when you work in the media, you watch someone's camera awareness. I think Harry's there at the hospital genuinely in the moment. She knows exactly where the camera is. I mean, she is an actress. She's working the angles. It's all fake smiles. You just can read it, can't you? Well, you can, Peter. I mean, that's what she did for a living. She's an actress. But these two, I mean, they're not bad, are they? They go on about everyone should be wonderful and we all treat everyone respectfully and it's all happy or lovey dovey. These two don't even talk to their own families, Peter. They're at war with their own families. Harry doesn't speak to his brother. He's fallen out pretty much with his father, has little relations with him. I mean, these two are a bunch of hypocrites in my view, and this tour is a real attempt to try and repair their image, repair their brand. Peter, it'd be very interesting to see if those two set foot here in the UK because if they fronted the public here, I do not think they would get a warm welcome. Yeah, I want to see them swipe the card as they leave Australia and pay back our police for the cost. It'll run to hundreds of thousands of dollars to look after them over these four days. I've got to ask you about this. The UK Prime Minister Kirstarmer, he wants the power to sign Britain up to EU single market rules and a whole lot of plans to avoid a normal parliamentary vote. Now, I thought the whole point of Brexit was you're going to get out of all these EU regulations on carbon emissions and everything else. Well, Peter, we know that Sir Kirstarmer does not like Brexit, and he's made it abundantly clear of that. And this is an attempt of him to break away from Brexit. And you would expect, and we have seen, reform leader Nigel Farage and conservative leader Kemi Badenoch come out and criticise him over this proposed plan. But he is also a Prime Minister that is desperate because he's losing in the polls, and he knows that households are hurting. And he thinks this might be a way to align the UK back with the EU and hopefully bring prices down on items here and costs here. And he's a man who knows that people want his job, and he has to take drastic measures to try and ensure he's not booted out of office. Right, we'll leave it there, Sophie. I'll let you go and enjoy what looks to be a glorious day in London. You've suffered through the winter with us. I'm now looking at that lovely sunshine. Go and enjoy.