Royals Kate Cambridge is “no pushover” Kate of House Cambridge covers the latest issue of PEOPLE, just in time for the Christmas break. As we’ve been discussing the last couple of weeks, the timing with Will and Kate has been interesting after The Crown controversy and their three day royal train tour that was…medium-received. By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 12:28 pm
Royals Will and Kate’s Royal Tour Money Shot The final stop on Prince William and Kate’s royal train mini tour yesterday was Windsor Castle. All week we’ve seen them travelling around the UK to thank people for their service during the pandemic – and, also, to generate some good headlines about the family after almost a month By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 11:59 am
Royals Will and Kate’s Medium Mini Tour What’s in between a bomb and a hit? That’s the word I’m looking for to describe Prince William and Kate’s royal train mini tour of the UK to visit frontline and essential services workers who’ve given so much during the pandemic. Royal tours like this By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 11:13 am
TV Updates Netflix and The Crown: No Disclaimer For almost a month now, Netflix’s The Crown has been a major headline, not just in entertainment news but even outside of the entertainment section of coverage because of all the angsting over it from royal supporters, politicians, and the British royal family themselves – even though they won’t By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 12:34 pm
Top Reads Prince Harry’s Wreath Remembrance services are ongoing this week across the Commonwealth to honour those who sacrificed for freedom. This has always been a major priority on the British royal calendar and it’s tradition to see senior members of the royal family gather to commemorate. Of course it looked different this year By Lainey • Nov 09, 2020 10:06 am
Royals Intro for September 15, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Prince Harry’s birthday, he’s 36 years old. And, as is the tradition now, the senior royal social media accounts have all posted Happy Birthday messages. Here they are, starting with the Queen: And this is Prince Charles’s: And this is from House Cambridge: By Lainey • Sep 15, 2020 09:46 am
Royals The British Royal Weekend: Virtual interviews, Oprah’s guesthouse, and Rose! Finding Freedom, the book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has been out for almost a week now – are you finished reading? Most of the juiciest bits were pretty much reported in the press. And now that the book has been released and the press around it is beginning to By Lainey • Aug 17, 2020 11:31 am
Royals Intro for July 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Big G’s seventh birthday. To celebrate the occasion, Kensington Palace has released two new photos of G that were taken, as usual, by his mother Kate – and he’s colour coordinated! Here’s Big G in dark olive green in the first portrait: And another By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 09:11 am
Top Reads The (Paid) Royal Leaks? Many months ago, as far back as October 2019, I wrote about an interesting item that appeared in the Popbitch newsletter about the Sun’s Dan Wootton and his relationship with a member of Prince William and Catherine’s communications team. The item read as follows: “It was curious seeing By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 10:02 am
Royals Catherine the (new) Great and the Tatler Dispute Over the last year and a half, as the British tabloids have stepped up their attempts to discredit Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of House Sussex, in part by clearly shooting stars and sunshine up House Cambridge, Catherine Cambridge has repeatedly been held up as the Best Duchess Ever. And, By Lainey • May 27, 2020 01:17 pm
Royals The (new) Catherine the Great Didn’t the OG Catherine the Great overthrow her husband? I say this because the new cover of Tatler made me laugh, because that’s what they’re going for with this title, “Catherine the Great”, about Catherine of House Cambridge, evoking of course Catherine the Great of history, who By Lainey • May 26, 2020 10:14 am
Royals House Cambridge: Photography and the Children PEOPLE put up an article yesterday about the “soft power” of House Cambridge’s Kate: her photography. A more accurate description would be the subjects of her photographs, which are her children. Citing royal historian Lucy Worsley: “For 200 years the British monarchy has used photography,” she adds in a By Lainey • May 20, 2020 10:02 am
Royals Intro for April 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Prince Louis’ second birthday. To mark the occasion, Kensington Palace has released new photos of the little guy taken by his mother early this month, when he was painting encouragement portraits to send to the National Health Service. Of course he’s adorable. SO cute. As By Lainey • Apr 23, 2020 08:57 am
Royals Will and Kate’s new (old) idea HELLO! reported yesterday that Prince William and Catherine are launching what looks like a mobile app to promote mental health awareness and support called HEADFIT. They’ve now trademarked the word and it seems like it’s a natural extension of their Heads Together initiative, which of course they were By Lainey • Apr 10, 2020 09:35 am
Top Reads House Party with House Cambridge and… the social media manager mystery Prince William and Catherine video-chatted with teachers and students at Casterton Primary Academy yesterday to check in with the staff and the kids during the lockdown. They likely weren’t on House Party. Zoom is the daytime platform, and certainly more on brand with House Cambridge. So the title here By Lainey • Apr 09, 2020 09:39 am
Baby and Bump Obsession House Cambridge Claps for NHS Not sure if you were on Twitter last night but in the UK, there was an online movement to honour the efforts of healthcare workers and the National Health Service during the COVID-19 crisis. Thousands of people cheered from isolation, clapping and banging from inside their homes out the window By Lainey • Mar 27, 2020 09:48 am
