When they both attended the LA Children’s Hospital Gala last year, TV presenter Lizzie Cundy claimed the Duchess of Sussex was there just ‘for the photographs’. Now, Cundy, who used to be Meghan’s friend, says her behaviour has worsened since then. ‘Meghan is desperate to be liked, desperate to be powerful and desperate to trump the royals with anything she does,’ Lizzie, 56, tells me at the Diva Awards at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London. ‘Sadly for her, you can’t buy likeability, and she’s lacking in that by the bucket-load.’ Lizzie adds of Prince Harry: ‘He looks deeply unhappy. I think he is missing his family and, obviously, worried about his father’s health.’ Poppy's in bloom for baby shower When I disclosed a year ago that Poppy Delevingne had found love with Archie Keswick, Sienna Miller’s ex, friends told me he hated being photographed in public. Archie, who is a member of the Jardine Matheson dynasty which owns the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, was, however, happy to be pictured at Poppy’s baby shower. The actress and model, who turns 39 this weekend, is expecting her first child, a girl, next month with Archie, 43, whose family fortune is reputed to top £6 billion. Poppy wore a pink dress for the London party, where she and Archie were joined by family members including her sister, Cara Delevingne, 32, her mother, Pandora, 65, and Archie’s sister, Willa Keswick, 40. Birthday girl Sofia dodges power cut Princess Sofia of Spain, who turns 18 today, has just one term left at UWC Atlantic College, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The younger daughter of King Felipe and Queen Letizia followed in the footsteps of her sister, Princess Leonor, and enrolled in the school which has been described as ‘Hippy Hogwarts’ thanks to its progressive approach and castle setting. This photograph, issued by the Spanish royal household to celebrate Sofia’s birthday, was taken at Zarzuela Palace, her family’s home in Madrid. Sofia is second in line to the Spanish throne. I've been very lucky, says Fry Sir Stephen Fry says he can’t help young people seeking his advice because he’s too privileged. ‘I get requests from people and their parents, saying my boy or my girl wants to get into showbusiness, wants to get into publishing, has written a book, has a YouTube channel that nobody subscribes to, and how do they get an agent? How do they get noticed? ‘And I’m in the awful position of saying I don’t know,’ he admits. ‘I have had every door open to me without me having to knock on it… it’s deeply unfair for me to be so lucky.’ While Prince William was in Rome attending Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, his uncle and aunt Prince Edward and Sophie were enjoying la dolce vita in London. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were at the River Cafe, Ruth Rogers’s celebrated Italian restaurant in west London. ‘They were attending a 60th birthday dinner for their friend Tanya Rose,’ a pal tells me. Tanya, a travel public relations boss, has known King Charles’s 61-year-old brother since they were at Gordonstoun school together. Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes fears for fellow athletes when they retire. ‘I’d been in the military for ten years and an international athlete for 12, [then] I lost all of that structure and purpose,’ she tells me. ‘We always need to do more to support retired athletes, as with veterans. There has to be a structure in place.’