Some day soon Mike Nicholas will present himself at Buckingham Palace by Royal appointment for his family’s biggest occasion since their night out with another local boy done good, Hannibal Lecter.
When the time comes for his investiture as rugby’s newest Member of the British Empire, the jovial Welshman will be ready to recite chapter and verse on the bash as hosted by Lecter’s alter ego from the next street in Margam, Sir Anthony Hopkins.
After the kind of week they have just endured, as inflicted upon them by the Sussexes, the Royal household may well be in the mood for...