Henry Windsor Intro for May 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, Global Citizen’s VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World was recorded in LA yesterday. The show was hosted by Selena Gomez and will be broadcast on May 7 featuring appearances and/or performances by John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, President Joe Biden and MVP Kamala Harris, David By Lainey • May 03, 2021 08:55 am
TV Updates Sussexes > Oscars Early Oscar ratings have been revealed and while there may be a slight bump up when the final numbers are released today, it’s not like there’s going to be a dramatic increase. Last year the Oscars brought in 23.6 million viewers, which at the time was an By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 10:39 am
Top Reads Archie in Jeans and Hollywood Sussex Meghan Markle was papped yesterday with Archie. Page Six has the exclusives, which you can check out on their website and their Twitter. As we’ve seen, Meghan, Harry, and especially Archie are not papped very often. This is the first time Archie’s been photographed by the paparazzi in By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 11:37 am
Royals Prince Harry returns to LA Prince Harry has returned to LA. For days there’s been all kinds of speculation about how much time he would spend in the UK and how he would spend it, with people nefariously hoping that his visit back to London without Meghan Markle would result in a reconciliation – the By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 01:47 pm
Royals Prince Philip’s Funeral Due to the circumstances of the times, the British royal family announced last week that Prince Philip’s funeral would be a “scaled-back” situation, which is how it is widely being described. “Scaled-back”, by royal standards, though, is still quite a spectacle. I mean, just look at these pictures. As By Lainey • Apr 19, 2021 10:47 am
Royals The Royal Procession Order Earlier in the week, the dominant headline about Prince Philip’s funeral was about what Prince Andrew was “demanding” to wear – he wanted to show up on Saturday as Admiral Andy, which would have been an issue for the British royal family because why is Admiral Andy allowed to retain By Lainey • Apr 16, 2021 11:32 am
Top Reads The Royal Dress Code and the Walking Line Earlier this week, the Daily Mail reported that Prince Andrew was “demanding” to dress in military uniform, along with other members of the royal family, at Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday. This is the kind of information that could only have come from inside the palace – and as we By Lainey • Apr 15, 2021 12:05 pm
Top Reads Prince William and Prince Harry Pay Tribute to Prince Philip Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on Friday and for the last few days, the royal family has been preparing for his funeral which is happening on Saturday. Today Prince William and Prince Harry released statements honouring their grandfather. William’s was first: Harry’s statement followed a By Lainey • Apr 12, 2021 10:49 am
TV Updates Prince Harry: On Camera for Netflix It was announced yesterday as part of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new deal with Netflix that the first series to be released out of Archewell Productions will be Heart of Invictus, co-produced with Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara who won an Oscar for The White Helmets in By Lainey • Apr 07, 2021 11:33 am
Top Reads Prince Harry: Booked and Busy It was announced yesterday that Prince Harry now has a job – he’s the new Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp, and he’s apparently been in the position for a couple of months as CEO Alex Robichaud told SkyNews that Harry’s role with the company began in January and By Lainey • Mar 24, 2021 11:25 am
Top Reads Prince Harry Gets a Job It was confirmed today that Prince Harry now has a job. He is the Chief Impact Officer at a Silicon Valley startup called BetterUp which provides “coaching and mental health services” to corporate clients. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news: Prince Harry will become chief impact officer of By Lainey • Mar 23, 2021 03:53 pm
Top Reads Will and Kate: Selfies and Trust The last time Prince William and Kate were out on an official engagement together, William was asked about his brother, Prince Harry, and about racism in his family. His response was embarrassingly bad. Because, as we have seen, the British royals’ and their comms team are embarrassingly bad at crisis By Lainey • Mar 18, 2021 01:41 pm
Top Reads Prince Harry & Meghan Markle: Gayle Gives Us a Royal Update If you’re CBS, on the downside, there’s the mess with The Talk. And the Grammys ratings. On the upside though, the ratings from the Television Event of the Year, Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are a huge win. And they’ve established themselves as By Lainey • Mar 16, 2021 12:56 pm
Equality Issues Intro for March 11, 2021 Dear Gossips, At this point I don’t think you can overstate the impact that the Television Event of the Year is having – on the British royal family and the overall culture. And I’m not just talking about the fact that this was a monoculture moment at a time By Lainey • Mar 11, 2021 09:19 am
Top Reads Harry and Meghan’s “New Era” Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the Queen yesterday addressing (inadequately) what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey about their mental health struggles and the racism they experienced as senior members of the British royal family. Basically they’re claiming they didn’t know how serious By Lainey • Mar 10, 2021 10:12 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Harry, Meghan, and Oprah’s Master Class What else were we going to talk about on this week’s episode? And this is also why we’ve done a quick edit, recording last night and turning it around to upload earlier than we normally do. I’ve been posting about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 04:23 pm