Royals An anniversary gift for House Cambridge Yesterday was Prince William and Catherine’s eighth wedding anniversary and the best gift they received came from the Queen herself: Princess Kate was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. It’s the highest rank in the Order and the honour is decided by the Queen herself, By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 09:44 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince Harry at the marathon: “not today” Those seem to be the culture’s two key words over the last 24 hours: “not today”. Those were Prince Harry’s unofficial words yesterday, as he was at the London Marathon for yet another surprise appearance. As it was with Anzac Day service last week, Harry’s attendance was By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 11:26 am
Royals House Cambridge: the anniversary In 2011, eight years ago today, Prince William married Catherine Middleton. I was there, stationed at the Duke of York monument, during CTV’s live broadcast. It was pretty f-cking awesome, seeing that carriage coming down the mall, on time, like military precision, surrounded by thousands of people, and at By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 10:33 am
Royals House Sussex: a theory A reader, Elisabeth, sent me a great theory yesterday. It has to do with Princes William and Harry and the role of Head of the Commonwealth. The Queen was the Head of the Commonwealth and last year Prince Charles became the Head, but it wasn’t an automatic. The role By Lainey • Apr 26, 2019 12:50 pm
Royals Prince William, the trending topic I heard from a lot of people on Twitter and via email yesterday because Prince William was trending worldwide. There’s even a hashtag. Several of them. And not for the reasons that House Cambridge would approve of. So what’s it all about? The same thing. The Turnip Drama. By Lainey • Apr 26, 2019 11:57 am
Royals House Cambridge & House Sussex united Prince William is currently in New Zealand representing the Queen. He attended Anzac Day services and also met with victims of the Christchurch terror attack in March. Over in London, Princess Catherine attended Anzac Day service at Westminster Abbey and was joined by Prince Harry, who was not initially expected, By Lainey • Apr 25, 2019 09:17 am
Royals Royal Meghan and the State Visit Buckingham Palace today confirmed that the Queen has invited Donald and Melania Trump to the UK for a State Visit. The President of The United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Mrs Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State By Lainey • Apr 23, 2019 11:53 am
Royals House Sussex claps back The big royal headline coming out of the weekend was the Sunday Times report about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle possibly being sent away because he and Prince William aren’t getting along. In my post about this yesterday, I wrote that there were different ways to interpret the story, By Lainey • Apr 23, 2019 10:58 am
Royals Prince Louis: the first birthday portraits! Prince Louis is celebrating his first birthday tomorrow – and to celebrate the milestone, Prince William and Catherine have released three new photos of him taken by Kate herself, as it was with Louis’ big brother Big G and his big sister, Charlotte. The images show Louis at the Cambridge home By Lainey • Apr 22, 2019 05:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Naming of Baby Sussex Entertainment Tonight is reporting that Meghan Markle’s ma, Doria Ragland, has arrived in London which of course means that Baby Sussex’s arrival is imminent. Seems like a good time to talk about name predictions. I asked a couple of weeks ago to send me yours. Here’s what By Lainey • Apr 22, 2019 12:50 pm
Royals The banishing of House Sussex? The Sunday Times reported this weekend that there are plans in place to send Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the royal “rock stars”, abroad for a few years. Canada and Australia were apparently initially considered but both countries were ultimately rejected because of Canada’s proximity to America and American By Lainey • Apr 22, 2019 10:03 am
Baby and Bump Obsession House Cambridge: weekend in the country Over the last few weeks, any headlines about Prince William and Catherine in the English countryside have involved turnips and drama. For months now, the upper class in Norfolk has been gossiping about why Kate isn’t friends with Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, anymore. And there are rumours By Lainey • Apr 15, 2019 09:25 am
Royals Intro for April 11. 2019 Dear Gossips, As we get nearer to the birth of Baby Sussex, there’s been a lot of talk lately about when and how House Sussex will make the announcement. In the past, we’ve seen Princess Diana with Prince Charles and Kate Middleton with Prince William outside the hospital By Lainey • Apr 11, 2019 09:11 am
TV Updates Princess Diana is coming to The Crown, eventually The third season of The Crown is due this year, with a new cast playing the royal family. Olivia Colman is taking over as the queen, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, and Helena Bonham-Carter as Princess Margaret. No-longer-a-child Prince Charles will be played by Josh O’Connor from The Durrells By Sarah • Apr 10, 2019 02:58 pm
Royals House Cambridge and House Sussex cover PEOPLE For the last six months, the growing divide between House Cambridge and House Sussex has been front page news. Now that they’ve formally separated households and social media accounts, PEOPLE is even getting in on it. This is noteworthy because PEOPLE is typically royal-friendly, so as to protect their By Lainey • Apr 10, 2019 10:07 am
Royals House Cambridge: The turnip has strong roots It’s been, what?, three weeks since the Sun reported that Princess Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley mysteriously aren’t friends anymore? Shortly after, there was a lot of rumouring on social media about what, exactly, led to the breakup of the Turnip Toffs. And then, even By Lainey • Apr 09, 2019 12:58 pm
