TV Updates Intro for December 15, 2022 Dear Gossips, Netflix released volume two of Harry & Meghan today and… well… that’s the big story. I’m almost finished the final episode and I’ll have more to say later but right now, let’s just talk about my favourite part. Which is… The Beyoncé part, OBVIOUSLY. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2022 09:35 am
Royals Meghan & Harry: On the “Freedom Flight” from “Institutional Gaslighting” Back in late November, Merriam-Webster announced that their Word of the Year for 2022 is “Gaslighting”. Let’s give credit where credit is due though because the word really started picking up cultural use exactly around this time six years ago, in December 2016, with Lauren Duca’s piece in By Lainey • Dec 12, 2022 01:07 pm
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: Volume One and Villain One Volume One of Netflix’s docuseries Harry & Meghan targets the British media, particularly the tabloid media in the UK, and the relationship between the royal institution and the royal rota, which is the press pool that covers the royal family. It’s a more detailed explanation of the “invisible By Lainey • Dec 09, 2022 10:11 am
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: Rom-Com-Drama-Reality I’m writing this at a desk while, a few feet away, my husband Jacek is in bed with his iPad, headphones on, watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix. It’s because I got up earlier than he did today to stream the first two episodes and now he wants By Lainey • Dec 08, 2022 09:58 am
Royals Harry and Meghan’s New York “Date Night” As expected, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped out in New York last night to accept their honour at the Ripple of Hope Gala hosted by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation. They both joked that it was “date night” for them, with Harry quipping that they don’t By Lainey • Dec 07, 2022 09:57 am
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: The Winner is Netflix Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have arrived in New York – Page Six has the photos here – where tonight they will receive the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation. It’ll be a big deal because they are a big media draw and even though By Lainey • Dec 06, 2022 09:51 am
Royals Oh Harry & Meghan is GOING there Following last week’s teaser trailer, Harry & Meghan, the Netflix docuseries about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, dropped a full trailer this morning. So…they bookended the Prince and Princess of Wales’s anticlimactic trip to America with H&M. Someone in the Netflix marketing department is By Sarah • Dec 05, 2022 02:19 pm
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: The Trailer The title of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming Netflix docuseries, premiering this month, was originally supposed to be called Chapters. At some point they changed the name – and we’ve learned today that it’s simply called Harry & Meghan. Much better. To the point. And also probably By Lainey • Dec 01, 2022 10:51 am
Royals Harry and Meghan: New Games and New Validation Earlier today I posted about Lady Susan Hussey, one of Queen Elizabeth’s favourites and the godmother to Prince William, racialising Ngozi Fulani at the Buckingham Palace reception yesterday. Hussey has since stepped down, or was asked to step down, from her position as Lady of the Household. As mentioned By Lainey • Nov 30, 2022 11:40 am
TV Updates Intro for November 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, It was just confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix docuseries will indeed air next month. Page Six reports that the release date will be December 8 and was initially called Chapters but that apparently has now been changed with no further information about the title. By Lainey • Nov 22, 2022 09:27 am
Royals SPARE Prince Harry Penguin Random House issued a press release earlier today. I got the email at 634am ET which means it was still morning in the UK – basically ensuring that this news would be a top story both in North America and in England. And the news is that Prince Harry’s By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:58 am
Royals Meghan Markle’s Delayed Power Meghan Markle covers the new issue of Variety but this was supposed to be last month. As revealed in the story, Meghan was initially supposed to be one of the women honoured in this year’s Power of Women event in September, in recognition of her philanthropic work through Archewell By Lainey • Oct 19, 2022 10:57 am
BFFs The Sussexes' next chapter begins This week, Tyler Perry stopped by Today and reflected on why he offered up his house and security to Meghan and Harry amid their relocation to the U.S. and step back from the royal family in 2020. “It was a difficult time for them,” he said to Hoda Kotb By Stephanie • Sep 23, 2022 01:41 pm
Royals Intro for September 19, 2022 Dear Gossips, We are seeing today the culmination of Operation London Bridge, the plan devised years ago, with significant participation from Queen Elizabeth II herself, to mark the end of her life and reign. This is what the British royal family and England do best – ceremony and tradition, all displayed By Lainey • Sep 19, 2022 09:05 am
Royals Harry in Uniform There was a major development yesterday ahead of the final events preceding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. Prince Harry will be in uniform on Saturday when he takes part in a vigil alongside his cousins to honour their grandmother. Harry will join Prince William, Princesses Beatrice and By Lainey • Sep 16, 2022 09:49 am
Royals Prince Andrew and Prince Harry: Royal Mourning Attire The British royal family is all about titles and symbolism and ceremony. The Queen’s funeral and all the events leading up to it then will be heavy on all of that presentation and now they’ve found themselves in a situation about military uniforms. In other words… CLOTHING. This By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 10:50 am
