Royals Intro for April 6, 2023 Dear Gossips, The coronation of King Charles III will take place exactly a month from today. The British royal family posted a countdown tweet today – it’s a pinned tweet, meaning it’s expected to stay at the top of their feed, and can you tell what they’ve done By Lainey • Apr 06, 2023 09:37 am
Royals A Side Chick Coronation King Charles’s coronation is happening a month tomorrow and Buckingham Palace yesterday released a new portrait of Charles and Camilla and also the invitation. It’s the invitation that’s been the conversation, specifically the wording, and it’s not to do with the king himself but Camilla, and By Lainey • Apr 05, 2023 12:16 pm
Royals Another Royal Tiara Night King Charles, Camilla, Prince William, and Kate had another occasion last night to bust out the tiaras. Tiara nights always make headlines because crowns and tiaras are classic royal props. The British royals have had a couple of tiara moments lately and I wonder how many tiara nights we’ll By Lainey • Dec 07, 2022 11:21 am
Royals The Queen Consort’s Staffing Scandal Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted a reception yesterday at Buckingham Palace as part of the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Camilla was joined by four other royal women: Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Sophie, the Countess of By Lainey • Nov 30, 2022 10:29 am
Royals Camilla: The Consort and her Companions It was announced this week that there will be no ladies-in-waiting attending to Camilla, the Queen Consort. This is a custom that goes back to the Middle Ages and Camilla’s decision to go without ladies-in-waiting has been called a “modernising” move. Is it though? Because By Lainey • Nov 29, 2022 12:14 pm
Royals Intro for November 23, 2022 Dear Gossips, King Charles hosted his first state dinner since ascending the throne yesterday as he and members of the British royal family welcomed Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, to the United Kingdom. And it was Camilla’s first occasion to wear a tiara since becoming Queen Consort. By Lainey • Nov 23, 2022 09:29 am
Royals Intro for October 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, Buckingham Palace confirmed the date of King Charles’s coronation yesterday: The Coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. The Ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside The Queen Consort. — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October By Lainey • Oct 12, 2022 09:12 am
Royals What will you call Camilla? Saturday will mark a month since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and a month since Charles became the King. When you see the words “The Queen”, other than Beyoncé, who comes to mind? It’s Elizabeth II, right? Well, some people are trying to change that. Read the thread By Lainey • Oct 06, 2022 10:52 am
TV Updates The Crown is done mourning It’s been exactly a week since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral which means that the additional seven days of mourning observed by the British royal family has concluded. That was the Crown’s schedule, at least. But it was not The Crown’s schedule. The Crown is one of By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 12:05 pm
Top Reads Prince William and the Daily Mail controversy Prince William and Kate Cambridge visited the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London yesterday to offer their support to the community and raise awareness about Ukrainians who have been displaced. And that should have been the story, the end. Only that’s not the whole story because William decided to say By Lainey • Mar 10, 2022 10:27 am
Top Reads Harry at the Super Bowl, Camilla tests positive As I’ve been saying, it was the Super Bowl of celebrities, celebrities from all entertainment streams: television, movies, music, and royalty. Prince Harry was at the Super Bowl last night, his first time ever, and he was joined by another royal, his cousin Princess Eugenie who’s obviously visiting By Lainey • Feb 14, 2022 10:13 am
Royals The Queen Crowns Camilla Yesterday marked 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II began her reign. To commemorate the occasion, she released a statement expressing her commitment to serve – and you’ll note that that’s the first thought in the letter: ✍️ On the eve of the 70th anniversary of her Accession to the throne, By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 12:39 pm
Royals Charles, Camilla, and Kate: A Royal Rare “Rare” – that’s the word that’s coming up a lot today in the headlines about Kate Cambridge joining her father-in-law Prince Charles and Camilla at a visit to The Prince’s Foundation training site for arts and culture at Trinity Buoy Wharf today. PEOPLE described it as By Lainey • Feb 03, 2022 02:18 pm
Top Reads The Royal-Presidential Fart Who doesn’t love a good fart story? I mean no one wants to be around when the fart happens but it’s always a laugh afterwards, for commoners, that is. We are not dealing with a commoner fart here though. We are talking about a presidential fart with a By Lainey • Nov 09, 2021 12:10 pm
Royals Meghan Markle’s Birthday Wishes Today is Meghan Markle’s 40th birthday. As mentioned yesterday in What Else?, there are reports that she and Prince Harry are hosting a 65-person party at their home in Montecito. This, however, is coming from UK tabloids and we know now that sourcing on the Sussexes from the By Lainey • Aug 04, 2021 10:55 am
Break Ups Clarence and Cambridge United It hasn’t been a good start to the new decade for the British royal family. Their biggest problem right now – or at least it should be – is Prince Andrew. Andrew was friends with Jeffrey Epstein, the dead rapist pedophile, and he apparently hasn’t made himself available to help By Lainey • Feb 11, 2020 10:23 am