'Quite boring' Royal Family needs 'fun' Prince Harry back, says comedian and author David Walliams, who hosted royal events

He was invited by Queen Camilla to join her in highlighting the importance of young people reading and writing. But David Walliams has now given the Royal Family some unsolicited advice that it may not welcome.

The comedian and best-selling children's author says the Monarchy 'needs' the Duke of Sussex, with whom he has been friendly since Harry pulled a vulgar stunt at a party where they were both guests.

'I do know Prince Harry, but he doesn't text me every day,' says Walliams, 53. 'The first time I met him was at a party when he pulled his trousers down, exposed his bottom and slapped it, saying, "Hey, come on Walliams, do you want a bit of this!"

'Then we ended up working out at the same gym when he would say, "Walliams, wait for me". We would sit together in the steam room and chat. He's a very lovely boy.'

Last week, I disclosed in an article for Mail+ that Harry was 'desperate' for a reconciliation with the Royal Family. He and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, quit official duties in 2020 and moved to North America.

The Mail on Sunday reported at the weekend that Harry had sought advice from trusted former aides in Britain on how to mastermind a return from exile in the USA.

Asked by an interviewer in Australia if there is a way back for Harry into the royal fold, Walliams replies: 'If he wants it. The thing is they need him. He's the most popular royal by miles, he's the one everyone likes. The others are quite boring. He's the fun one.'

The Little Britain star, who has presented the Royal Variety Performance, took part in a video call with Camilla to discuss the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition in 2020.

Walliams is sympathetic to Harry despite the controversies of recent years. 'He's a great laugh and it makes me sad sometimes when he's portrayed in a bad light because he's making the best of it,' says the former Britain's Got Talent judge. 'It's a very tough life in many ways, you are famous from the moment you are born, he lost his mother, he's become estranged from his father and his brother.

'I wish him well. I wish more people would have met him because he is such a fun, loving, friendly guy.'

Notably Williams did not touch on his own fall from grace and a bit like with Prince Harry, we do not want a return any day soon.