Royals The Curious Case of Meghan’s Earrings If it wasn’t obvious that the new report in The Times, featuring information provided by royal aides, was part of a smear campaign against Meghan Markle, the story about the earrings, packaged in along with allegations that she bullied staff members, pretty much drives the point home. It has By Lainey • Mar 03, 2021 11:53 am
Top Reads The Royals On The Attack We are now just four days away from Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive two-hour special on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, featuring their first sit-down interview together since their engagement. And, if the previews are to be believed, Oprah is going there. “Were you silent or were you SILENCED? By Lainey • Mar 03, 2021 10:35 am
Golden Globes 2021 The Crown: A Royal Sweep Not the best night for the actual British royals was it? Before the Golden Globes started, CBS dropped their first teaser for Oprah’s exclusive with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which is all they’re talking about in the media in England today, and then during the Globes, The By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 08:14 am
Golden Globes 2021 Intro for March 1, 2021 Dear Gossips, Ordinarily in this space on Golden Globe Monday, we’d be leading with a note about the Globes to kick off our Globes package. That… is not what’s happening today. And it’s not just because the Globes were virtual-ish. After all, we had a whole By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 05:00 am
Amazingness Prince Harry’s Carpool Karaoke Thirst Trap What a major score for CBS and the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exclusives. Their Oprah Winfrey special with the Sussexes airs on March 7 and they also air James Corden, which means Carpool Karaoke is theirs too. Before we get to the Harry specifics though, let me just get By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 09:58 am
Top Reads A Royal Ratings Battle A week ago today, CBS announced that it had secured Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their first sit-down, together, since their engagement. This followed news that the Sussexes are expecting their second child. The week ended with the Queen’s confirmation that Harry By Lainey • Feb 22, 2021 11:39 am
Royals Harry and Meghan: We Won’t Be Back What a week it’s been for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle headlines. On Sunday they announced that they’re expecting their second child. On Monday CBS announced that they’re doing an interview with Oprah for a 90-minute special. All week there’s been speculation about the end By Lainey • Feb 19, 2021 10:31 am
Royals Prince Harry: “Loved and Led Astray”? Well, it’s been the talk of the week, as it usually is where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are concerned and this week has been a big one with the news that Meghan is pregnant with their second child and that they’re to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey By Lainey • Feb 18, 2021 01:01 pm
Douchebags Oprah Gets the Meghan Treatment Since Monday, when CBS announced that it will air the 90 minute Oprah Winfrey in conversation with Meghan Markle special on March 7, there’s been a lot of angst about it over in the UK. The tabloids, as usual, are accusing Prince Harry and Meghan of hypocrisy; they’re By Lainey • Feb 17, 2021 11:16 am
Royals Oprah and the Sussexes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dominated the headlines with their pregnancy announcement on Valentine’s Day, revealing their happy news a few days after Meghan’s legal victory over the Daily Mail. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of saltiness happening. Even more so since it was By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 10:49 am
Top Reads The Sussexes of Notting Hill As many people have pointed out, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second baby announcement was a lot like the end scene in Notting Hill, when a pregnant Anna rests her head on William Thacker’s lap as the two enjoy an afternoon on a park bench. https://twitter.com/ By Lainey • Feb 15, 2021 10:43 am
Royals Happy New Lunar from… Sarah Ferguson Of all the Lunar New Year well-wishes from celebrities and other notables I thought I might see when browsing social media, I did not expect this. I did not expect that it would be Sarah Ferguson celebrating Lunar New Year. Fergie! Have you looked at this yet? If not, By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 03:57 pm
Royals Meghan Wins A decision has been made in Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, the parent company that publishes the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail. She and her legal team made the case that her privacy and copyright had been violated when the Mail published contents of a letter By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 03:03 pm
Royals The Queen’s Obscured Wealth The Guardian published an article this weekend about how the Queen, back in the 1970s, “successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents”. Buckingham Palace has denied this, but their wording is interesting. Buckingham Palace By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 10:07 am
Royals Prince Harry’s Carpool Karaoke …Anniversary Prince Harry was seen with James Corden shooting on a double decker bus reportedly for an upcoming episode of Carpool Karaoke the other day. Harry and James have known each other a long time, and James was invited to Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. So it’s no surprise By Lainey • Feb 08, 2021 12:02 pm
Royals The Royal Name Change Drama …continued Meghan Markle’s given names were removed from Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth certificate a few weeks after he was born. The Sun reported on the change a few days ago, suggesting that Meghan made it happen because she wanted to be petty, or something. Meghan has since issued By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 11:20 am