TV Updates A Different Royal Christmas For the British royal family, the tradition since 1988 has been for the Queen to gather with her family at Sandringham and on Christmas Day, they all walk to church together. That will not be happening this year because of COVID and it’s now been confirmed that Her Majesty By Lainey • Dec 03, 2020 03:30 pm
TV Updates Prince Harry and The Crown – How Dare He!? As noted in today’s site open, the British royal family seems pretty stressed by how they’re portrayed in season four of The Crown that just dropped yesterday and features Princess Diana. Diana, was, as we all know, the British royal family’s biggest star. And that was a By Lainey • Nov 16, 2020 12:53 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 Will the Queen Abdicate Next Year? Speaking of peaceful transfers of power… There were reports earlier this week that Queen Elizabeth will step down next year when she turns 95 and hand the crown over to Prince Charles. Robert Jobson was interviewed on The Royal Beat a few days ago and maintained his position that “I By Lainey • Nov 06, 2020 09:37 am
Royals The Unmasked Monarch In the UK, there are various stages of lockdown being imposed as COVID-19 infections continue to climb. Liverpool is at the most restricted level of lockdown and not sure if you saw the footage the other day but people were partying on the streets, in tightly-packed crowds, just before the By Lainey • Oct 15, 2020 11:50 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
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
Top Reads Harry and Meghan call the Queen: why we know Queen Elizabeth’s real birthday was yesterday, she turned 94 years old, and even though it was her day, she had her team post a message to her social accounts to send love to the people of Nova Scotia and to all Canadians after the worst mass shooting in our By Lainey • Apr 22, 2020 09:16 am
Royals Intro for March 20, 2020 Dear Gossips, Queen Elizabeth yesterday released a statement about the coronavirus pandemic. Well, sort of. The purpose of her letter, of course, was to reassure the public and to encourage community care. She also acknowledged the efforts of healthcare workers and those working on the frontlines, putting themselves in danger By Lainey • Mar 20, 2020 09:08 am
Maple Leaf Archie’s Summer Visit? A couple of weeks ago, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to England for their final engagements as senior members of the British royal family, they were criticised for leaving 10-month-old Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor at home. One of those critics was Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s former press By Lainey • Mar 16, 2020 09:56 am
Royals The Commonwealth Day Royal Procession Drama Yesterday was the day we all had marked on our calendars for weeks: Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, expected to be the last engagement for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as senior royals. They all know we’d be paying attention, watching and analysing the interactions. And you’d By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 10:58 am
Royals House Sussex: “Show ‘em what they’re missing” Many media outlets have referred to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s current trip to England and their final engagements as senior members of the British royal family as their “farewell tour”. It’s not really, of course, but I get it, I get that it sounds better as a By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 09:19 am
Royals The Queen: Sussexit complete and… Prince Andrew The Summit at Sandringham (which I’m told we’re supposed to stop calling a “summit”, but certain things stick, you know?) happened a week ago today. Late Saturday, Buckingham Palace released a statement from the Queen confirming that the deal was done on Sussexit. This statement is not as By Lainey • Jan 20, 2020 10:46 am
Royals Sussexit: After the Sandringham Summit As posted yesterday, after meeting with Princes Charles, William, and Harry yesterday at Sandringham about Sussexit, the Queen released a very personal, rather informal statement expressing that she and her family are “entirely supportive” of the Sussexes’ plan to step away from royal life and be independent, adding that there By Lainey • Jan 14, 2020 10:10 am
Royals Sussexit: an early win The Summit at Sandringham has concluded. Here are a few brief thoughts for now and we’ll get deeper into it as the evening progresses. For now, here’s the Queen’s statement following the meeting: First impressions? This was hastily written. It lacks the polish that usually accompanies the By Lainey • Jan 13, 2020 01:09 pm
Royals Sussexit: The Negotiations It’s only been 48 hours since House Sussex publicly announced their intention to create a new job description for themselves and the story keeps changing and updating. Quick recap: when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle first released their statement, Buckingham Palace soon followed, less than two hours later with By Lainey • Jan 10, 2020 03:52 pm
