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
Royals Prince Harry: “Saddened and Disappointed” Yesterday I posted about Prince Harry’s request to have a wreath laid on Remembrance Sunday and the subsequent denial by Buckingham Palace courtiers. As noted in my article, the point wasn’t about whether or not he’s entitled to lay a wreath. These British royal people have never By Lainey • Nov 10, 2020 11:27 am
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 Prince William’s Coronavirus Secret The secret here is that he had coronavirus and it’s only just being revealed now. Yesterday the Sun reported that Prince William had a bad case of COVID-19 back in April and “struggled to breathe”. Apparently he told someone at a public engagement recently even though it was By Lainey • Nov 02, 2020 09:26 am
TV Updates The Crown: Girl Power! A couple of weeks ago we saw a teaser for The Crown season four, which promised Diana Drama! and only hinted at Gillian Anderson’s turn as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Well, the full trailer dropped yesterday, and it is a much more even-handed preview of the season, balancing By Sarah • Oct 30, 2020 11:08 am
Royals Prince Andrew’s “Level of Maturity” The Sunday Times reported a few days ago (via Vanity Fair) that Prince Andrew, less than a year after he announced that he was stepping down from royal duties, not over his friendship with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein but because they were mortified by his shambolic performance during By Lainey • Oct 28, 2020 10:02 am
Royals The Royal and Powerful Redactions As mentioned earlier today, 400+ pages of deposition testimony from a now-settled civil suit between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffery Epstein’s alleged madam, were unsealed and made public this morning. Journalists are now poring over details. Not surprisingly, Ghislaine denies any wrongdoing, denies seeing any wrongdoing, By Lainey • Oct 22, 2020 02:19 pm
Royals How’s Buckingham Palace Feeling Today? Rudy Giuliani’s in the headlines right now because Sacha Baron Cohen punked him in Borat 2, now streaming on Amazon Prime, and there’s a scene in the film in which Rudy’s in a hotel room with an underage girl posing as a journalist and at one point By Lainey • Oct 22, 2020 09:17 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 By Lainey • Oct 15, 2020 11:50 am
TV Updates Diana drama! Previously, I wondered if The Crown season four would really get smutty and dive into the glamour and gossip of the Diana Years. Well, the teaser for season four is out, and it is all drama, all the time. This teaser is HEAVY on Diana, juxtaposing the “fairy tale” of By Sarah • Oct 14, 2020 02:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry and Meghan: Dinner with the Fosters While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been visible the last few months, they’ve mostly only been seen virtually, participating in voting initiatives and promoting their causes. When they do step out in person, it’s been to deliver meals to those in need, or helping to distribute care By Lainey • Oct 09, 2020 10:28 am
TV Updates First look at pre-princess Diana The Crown returns for its fourth season on November 15, and ahead of that, Netflix has released some images of the cast, including new members Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer, and Gillian Anderson as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Everyone is in a rush to get to tall queen Elizabeth By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 12:55 pm
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 Harry & Meghan: Netflix and Titles It’s been a week since news broke that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s as-yet-unnamed production company has made a deal, reportedly worth in the $100-150 million range, with Netflix. We’re now learning a little – very little – more about how the partnership came together. Netflix By Lainey • Sep 10, 2020 11:50 am
Royals Harry, Meghan, Netflix, and Lanes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle delivered a big blow to the UK tabloids the last few days with the announcement last week that they’d signed a deal with Netflix and that they’ve already repaid the Sovereign Grant for renovations at Frogmore Cottage and that they’re no longer By Lainey • Sep 08, 2020 01:23 pm
