IN the mind of Hugo Rifkind you’ll find Prince Harry chatting like a chav to his bodyguard and politicians wrestling tights over their calves on the bathroom floor.

The 36-year-old writer, who sees himself as the “jester“ of journalism, has spent the last eight years, doing what all good jesters do, and amusing the public by poking fun at those in power.

His column My Week has satirised the high profile and famous, from David Cameron to Beyoncé and Ed Balls (full of himself) to Mohamed Al Fayed (got in a strop) and has now been turned into a book.

So how does the son of famed politician Sir Malcolm Rifkind create the witty culture snacks? “Normally in a blind panic just before deadline.”

He was named Columnist of the Year in the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards, and writes a weekly opinion column for The Times, The Spectator and GQ, and is trying to move away from celebrities and into “serious journalism“.

  • My Week The Secret Diaries of Almost Everyone by Hugo Rifkind is out now