Royals Intro for August 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Meghan Markle’s birthday. A couple of weeks ago, when the British royal family was celebrating Big G’s birthday, I wondered whether or not they’d do social media posts for the next royal birthday. The question has been answered: all three senior British royal By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 08:58 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: “Hey Boo” and The Secret Engagement PEOPLE Magazine is the American media outlet where the publishers of Finding Freedom, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, have chosen to place advance excerpts of the book ahead of its release on August 11. The British counterpart to this was The Sunday Times. To me, PEOPLE’s coming through By Lainey • Jul 30, 2020 10:03 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: The Tiara Drama As part of the advance promotion for Finding Freedom, the new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, excerpts were released to the Sunday Times and the Times in the UK last weekend and in the United States, PEOPLE Magazine is the American outlet By Lainey • Jul 30, 2020 09:33 am
Royals Harry and Meghan: The Finding Freedom Rom-Com and Ghost Emojis Finding Freedom, the new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was excerpted in the UK this past weekend, resulting in all kinds of outrage from most UK press outlets. It’s been interesting to see what parts of the excerpts people By Lainey • Jul 29, 2020 12:58 pm
Shoes Intro for July 28, 2020 Dear Gossips, Sorry to make it about me but the Daily Mail did it first. So hello to those of you who are visiting this site for the first time because you read a headline referring to me as a “pal” of Meghan Markle. This is not true, which probably By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 09:30 am
Royals Finding Freedom: The Harry and Meghan Rom-com Finding Freedom, the upcoming book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, is currently the #1 book on Amazon based on pre-orders, helped in part by the advance excerpts published this weekend in The Sunday Times and The Times and the subsequent coverage of those By Lainey • Jul 27, 2020 11:36 am
Royals Meghan Markle, Girl Up The Girl Up Leadership Summit kicked off yesterday with Michelle Obama and the event continues online today and tomorrow. Girl Up is a “movement to advance girls’ skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders". Summit attendees are between 13 and 22. Click here to learn more about the summit By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 02:33 pm
Royals Prince Harry on the colonial past Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the President and Vice President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. “The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust is a growing network of young changemakers across the Commonwealth. A platform where smart ideas and insights are shared, to show that change can be brought about by By Lainey • Jul 07, 2020 10:33 am
Royals “Unprotected” Meghan Markle There’s been an update in the lawsuit that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have filed against the Mail on Sunday. Apparently the Mail keeps asking Meghan’s legal team for more information. In a f-cked up way, this helps the Daily Mail generate more content. Because every time they By Lainey • Jul 02, 2020 11:23 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
Top Reads Meghan Markle, the British Royal Family, and Black Lives Matter A video message from Meghan Markle to the students of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles was released yesterday featuring Meghan voicing outrage over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others and declaring her support for Black Lives Matter. Dickie Arbiter, who used to be By Lainey • Jun 05, 2020 09:54 am
Equality Issues Meghan Markle speaks to the students In a new video first shared by Essence, Meghan Markle has spoken out about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, and the long list of Black victims who lost their lives or have been wounded emotionally and physically because of anti-Black racism and/or police brutality. She was By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 10:43 am
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
Weddings Harry & Meghan’s 2nd Anniversary Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married two years ago today in Windsor. I was wondering whether or not they’d do something to mark the occasion and if so, how we’d see it because they don’t have social media accounts right now or a website. And as By Lainey • May 19, 2020 01:14 pm
Siblings Archie’s Birthday Cake and his “best friends” Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor turned one last week and celebrated in lockdown with his parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their home in Los Angeles. There have been various reports lately about where exactly the Sussexes have been staying. A few days ago, the Daily Mail claimed that they’ve By Lainey • May 13, 2020 02:02 pm
Top Reads Archie’s 1st Birthday Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor celebrates his first birthday today. In the weeks leading up to this day, obviously a big day for all babies and their parents, we’ve been wondering whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be sharing new photos of Archie with us, and how, given By Lainey • May 06, 2020 09:29 am