Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for May 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is two years old today. At the time of this post, his parents have yet to publicly celebrate the occasion and since they don’t have public social media accounts, even if they do, it’ll be shared by someone else: a friend like Misan By Lainey • May 06, 2021 09:23 am
Royals Will and Kate: The Royal Influencers of YouTube Remember what I wrote last week when Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge released their tenth anniversary short film? I called them influencers. They would never admit to it, because how dare we categorise them alongside the people inventing dances on TikTok and pimping vitamins on Instagram. But that By Lainey • May 05, 2021 01:22 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Meghan Markle’s Bench It was announced today that Meghan Markle’s first children’s book, The Bench, will be released on June 8th by Penguin Random House. The book is written from a mother’s perspective about the relationship between a father and son, inspired obviously by Prince Harry and Archie’s bond. By Lainey • May 04, 2021 02:21 pm
Royals A Cambridge Anniversary Music Video In the previous post, I wrote about Prince William and Kate’s tenth anniversary portraits. Those were released yesterday. Today they dropped a music video featuring the full family – Will, Kate, Big G, Charlotte, and Louis…and a dog! This is the true star of the movie, even though the By Lainey • Apr 29, 2021 01:03 pm
Royals The Cambridge Ten Today is the tenth wedding anniversary of Prince William and Kate Middleton. To commemorate the milestone, Kensington Palace has released two new portraits of the Cambridges that were taken this week: These shots are pretty intimate, by their standards. And a subtle nod to the day they announced their engagement By Lainey • Apr 29, 2021 11:38 am
Oscars 2021 Daniel Kaluuya, a Bad Question, and a Royal Connection Oscar night was a great night for Daniel Kaluuya. He won an Oscar for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, people LOVED his acceptance speech, and there was a party afterwards and I hope he had a great time and didn’t think much about what we’re By Lainey • Apr 27, 2021 12:24 pm
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
Royals Prince Andrew wants to wear his uniform Prince Andrew, who has kept a low profile for a year and a half now, following his shambolic interview on BBC Newsnight about his friendship with the dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is now back out in public because of the death of his father, Prince Philip. He stepped out to By Lainey • Apr 14, 2021 10:41 am
Royals Prince Philip and Royal Coverage The BBC reported on the BBC today, citing a story from the Sun…what? No wonder people need information hygiene. Because how does this make sense? This is how the article posted by the BBC reads: “The BBC has received 100,000 complaints from members of the public over its By Lainey • Apr 13, 2021 12:20 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
Royals The Firm of Cambridge Morgan Some interesting headlines this week related to the British royal family. Let’s start with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. In the before times, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the two heads of the QCT. When it was confirmed recently that they would not be resuming their roles as By Lainey • Apr 08, 2021 02:44 pm