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’ 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 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
Baby and Bump Obsession Baby Sussex’s baby doctors As you know, we’re getting closer and closer to the birth of Baby Sussex. Apparently Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have opted not to deliver at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital where several other royal babies were born, including the Cambridge three, George, Charlotte, and Louis. By Lainey • Apr 08, 2019 09:40 am
Royals House Cambridge: the Turnip drama covers In Touch This is the cover of the latest issue of In Touch Weekly. In Touch isn’t typically a reliable source for reliable gossip. In Touch probably gets one thing right every six months, if that. But, reliable or not, they may have just given life to a story that House By Lainey • Apr 04, 2019 12:33 pm
Royals House Sussex: the jewels and the (un)follows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launched their Instagram account two days ago. Every day since there’s been a new post. Once again, it speaks to the strategy behind their social media independence, picking a week when they’d have new content to consistently capture people’s attention. Here’s By Lainey • Apr 04, 2019 12:05 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince Harry and the babies Prince Harry always makes headlines. Prince Harry’s headlines get bigger when he’s with dogs and/or babies. Since Prince Harry is expecting his own baby very soon, photos of him hanging out with babies are even more popular than usual. Today Harry visited the YMCA in South Ealing By Lainey • Apr 03, 2019 03:23 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession House Sussex breaks the record When House Sussex joined Instagram yesterday, I wrote in my post that it could be a record-breaker. That already the follower count was climbing quickly. It’s official - @sussexroyal is the fastest Instagram account to get to a million followers. It is currently, at 9am ET April 3, 2019, By Lainey • Apr 03, 2019 09:52 am
Royals House Sussex is on Instagram Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just launched their own House Sussex Instagram account as they continue to build their own brand apart from Kensington Palace and House Cambridge. Here’s the first post, along with several photos of Harry and Meghan at work: View this post on Instagram A post By Lainey • Apr 02, 2019 11:40 am
Royals House Cambridge: no gossip is the gossip Last week, Prince William and Catherine were the royal heatscores, with rumours coming out of the English countryside about how Kate and Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, are no longer friends and Beckham-like speculation about the real – and possibly dirty – reason behind the breakup since everybody seemed to By Lainey • Apr 01, 2019 10:24 am
Royals Princess Kate and the Scouts Catherine Cambridge stepped out today to hang out with the Scouts, spending time with kids as they participate in life skills programmes from kayaking to coding to cooking. The Duchess now trying out some of the programme ideas for the early years pilots. #SkillsForLife pic.twitter.com/MYMSor2Lw2— The Scouts By Lainey • Mar 28, 2019 10:13 am
Royals House Cambridge: a simmering scandal Yesterday I posted about the story that took over royal gossip circles this weekend – it’s been brewing for months, originating in the English countryside, with the “Turnip toffs”. As I said, it’s Big Little Lies, royal edition. Supposedly Princess Kate used to be good friends with Rose Hanbury, By Lainey • Mar 26, 2019 11:36 am
Royals “Meghanomania” “One Year of Meghanomania” is the title of a new dishy piece by David Jenkins published in Tatler yesterday. It’s basically a summary of the last six months of gossip about Meghan Markle – whether or not she’s difficult, whether or not she made Kate Middleton cry, along with By Lainey • Mar 26, 2019 10:53 am