Royals House Cambridge: The turnip has strong roots It’s been, what?, three weeks since the Sun reported that Princess Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley mysteriously aren’t friends anymore? Shortly after, there was a lot of rumouring on social media about what, exactly, led to the breakup of the Turnip Toffs. And then, even By Lainey • Apr 09, 2019 12:58 pm
Royals House Cambridge: the Turnip drama covers In Touch This is the cover of the latest issue of In Touch Weekly. In Touch isn’t typically a reliable source for reliable gossip. In Touch probably gets one thing right every six months, if that. But, reliable or not, they may have just given life to a story that House By Lainey • Apr 04, 2019 12:33 pm
Royals House Sussex: the jewels and the (un)follows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launched their Instagram account two days ago. Every day since there’s been a new post. Once again, it speaks to the strategy behind their social media independence, picking a week when they’d have new content to consistently capture people’s attention. Here’s By Lainey • Apr 04, 2019 12:05 pm
Royals House Cambridge: no gossip is the gossip Last week, Prince William and Catherine were the royal heatscores, with rumours coming out of the English countryside about how Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, are no longer friends and Beckham-like speculation about the real – and possibly dirty – reason behind the breakup since everybody seemed to be By Lainey • Apr 01, 2019 10:24 am
Royals Princess Kate and the Scouts Catherine Cambridge stepped out today to hang out with the Scouts, spending time with kids as they participate in life skills programmes from kayaking to coding to cooking. The Duchess now trying out some of the programme ideas for the early years pilots. #SkillsForLife pic.twitter.com/MYMSor2Lw2— The Scouts By Lainey • Mar 28, 2019 10:13 am
Royals House Cambridge: a simmering scandal Yesterday I posted about the story that took over royal gossip circles this weekend – it’s been brewing for months, originating in the English countryside, with the “Turnip toffs”. As I said, it’s Big Little Lies, royal edition. Supposedly Princess Kate used to be good friends with Rose Hanbury, By Lainey • Mar 26, 2019 11:36 am
BFFs Is Princess Kate a Mean Girl? Prince William and Catherine spend a lot of time at Anmer Hall, their home in Norfolk. Apparently the social circle there is called the “Turnip toffs”. Kate’s BFF among the Turnip toffs used to be Rose Hanbury. Supposedly, according to the Sun, they’ve now fallen out. Rose is By Lainey • Mar 25, 2019 09:43 am
Royals The Queen and Kate The Queen was joined by Princess Catherine today at King’s College London to open Bush House: Her Majesty The Queen and The Duchess of Cambridge arrive at @KingsCollegeLon to open Bush House – the latest education and learning facilities on the university’s Strand Campus. pic.twitter.com/AOGubc8BcY— The By Lainey • Mar 19, 2019 12:56 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) House Cambridge on St Patrick’s Day Prince William and Catherine, per tradition, stepped out for the Irish Guards St Patrick’s Day parade yesterday in Hounslow. Kate wore green Alexander McQueen and her brooch is Cartier, a piece that belonged to the Queen Mother. Throughout the day, Will and Kate met with service members and showed By Lainey • Mar 18, 2019 09:59 am
Royals Princess Kate’s style modifications That title serves multiple functions. Since returning from maternity leave after giving birth to Louis, there’s been some extra zip in Kate’s styling, non? I mean, she’s still a Middleton so let’s not go overboard, we’re operating in a narrow lane here, but she’s By Lainey • Mar 13, 2019 10:52 am
Royals The Young Royals on Commonwealth Day After visiting Canada House today to celebrate Commonwealth Day, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joined the Queen and other senior royals, including Prince Charles and Camilla and Prince William and Catherine, at Westminster Abbey for Commonwealth Day service. As you can see, Kate and Meghan greeted each other warmly and By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 04:07 pm
Royals The Fab 4 for Charles The Cambridges, William and Catherine, and Sussexes, Harry and Meghan, were all at Buckingham Palace today, with the Queen, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Prince Charles’s investiture as the Prince of Wales. Basically he’s now waited, officially, half a century to be king. It’s the first By Lainey • Mar 05, 2019 11:52 am
Royals Sporty Will and Kate Prince William and Catherine are in Northern Ireland for the next two days. It was a previously unannounced trip, for security reasons. So right after the Sussexes’ mini tour to Morocco, the Cambridges are now front and centre, keeping the young royals in the headlines. Kate arrived in Belfast in By Lainey • Feb 27, 2019 11:51 am
Royals William and Harry: imminent household division Back in the fall, the Sunday Times reported that Princes William and Harry were looking into separating their households, now that Harry is married and expecting a child and he and Meghan Markle will be moving away from Kensington Palace. All of which is understandable. These are two individuals with By Lainey • Feb 18, 2019 10:22 am
Royals Will and Kate’s coordinated work day Busy day for Princess Kate yesterday. She spent the early part at the Royal Foundations Mental Health in Education conference. In the evening, as patron, she attended the 100 Women in Finance Philanthropic Initiatives gala at the V&A Museum. To promote the event, Amanda Pullinger, the CEO of By Lainey • Feb 14, 2019 10:29 am
Royals The Cambridges and the stars Prince William is the President of BAFTA so this of course is a regular event for him and Kate. They seemed a lot more engaged this year than they were last year at the event, but that’s probably because she was pregnant and did not want to extend their By Lainey • Feb 11, 2019 09:37 am
