TV Updates Harry & Meghan: Rom-Com-Drama-Reality I’m writing this at a desk while, a few feet away, my husband Jacek is in bed with his iPad, headphones on, watching Harry & Meghan on Netflix. It’s because I got up earlier than he did today to stream the first two episodes and now he wants By Lainey • Dec 08, 2022 09:58 am
Royals Another Royal Tiara Night King Charles, Camilla, Prince William, and Kate had another occasion last night to bust out the tiaras. Tiara nights always make headlines because crowns and tiaras are classic royal props. The British royals have had a couple of tiara moments lately and I wonder how many tiara nights we’ll By Lainey • Dec 07, 2022 11:21 am
Royals Harry and Meghan’s New York “Date Night” As expected, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped out in New York last night to accept their honour at the Ripple of Hope Gala hosted by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation. They both joked that it was “date night” for them, with Harry quipping that they don’t By Lainey • Dec 07, 2022 09:57 am
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: The Winner is Netflix Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have arrived in New York – Page Six has the photos here – where tonight they will receive the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation. It’ll be a big deal because they are a big media draw and even though By Lainey • Dec 06, 2022 09:51 am
Royals Oh Harry & Meghan is GOING there Following last week’s teaser trailer, Harry & Meghan, the Netflix docuseries about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, dropped a full trailer this morning. So…they bookended the Prince and Princess of Wales’s anticlimactic trip to America with H&M. Someone in the Netflix marketing department is By Sarah • Dec 05, 2022 02:19 pm
Royals Will and Kate’s (remote) Super Bowl Prior to their arrival in Boston last week for the Earthshot Prize on Friday, the event had been described as William’s “Super Bowl” – and not by the media, but his own team. They were the ones who built it up that way. Per PEOPLE citing a source “close to By Lainey • Dec 05, 2022 01:48 pm
Royals Will, Kate, and Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Prince William and Kate are in Boston for their third and final day today for the Earthshot Prize awards. Part of their itinerary yesterday included a walk with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Reverend Mariama White-Hammond to observe rising sea levels and the impact that’s having on Boston’s By Lainey • Dec 02, 2022 09:52 am
TV Updates Harry & Meghan: The Trailer The title of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming Netflix docuseries, premiering this month, was originally supposed to be called Chapters. At some point they changed the name – and we’ve learned today that it’s simply called Harry & Meghan. Much better. To the point. And also probably By Lainey • Dec 01, 2022 10:51 am
Royals Intro for December 1, 2022 Dear Gossips, The original plan for the British royal family was that the focus for this week would be on Prince William and Catherine’s trip to the United States for the Earthshot Prize event that’s happening tomorrow. Their arrival, instead, was somewhat overshadowed yesterday when, just hours before By Lainey • Dec 01, 2022 09:16 am
Royals Harry and Meghan: New Games and New Validation Earlier today I posted about Lady Susan Hussey, one of Queen Elizabeth’s favourites and the godmother to Prince William, racialising Ngozi Fulani at the Buckingham Palace reception yesterday. Hussey has since stepped down, or was asked to step down, from her position as Lady of the Household. As mentioned By Lainey • Nov 30, 2022 11:40 am
Royals The Queen Consort’s Staffing Scandal Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted a reception yesterday at Buckingham Palace as part of the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Camilla was joined by four other royal women: Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2022 10:29 am
Royals Camilla: The Consort and her Companions It was announced this week that there will be no ladies-in-waiting attending to Camilla, the Queen Consort. This is a custom that goes back to the Middle Ages and Camilla’s decision to go without ladies-in-waiting has been called a “modernising” move. Is it though? Because while the women won’ By Lainey • Nov 29, 2022 12:14 pm
Royals Intro for November 23, 2022 Dear Gossips, King Charles hosted his first state dinner since ascending the throne yesterday as he and members of the British royal family welcomed Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, to the United Kingdom. And it was Camilla’s first occasion to wear a tiara since becoming Queen Consort. By Lainey • Nov 23, 2022 09:29 am
TV Updates Mimi, The Crown, and the Disclaimer The Crown season five finally premiered on Netflix yesterday after weeks of angsting. I feel like everyone on my timeline is watching it right now, including the Queen…. Of Christmas. Mariah Carey, aka the Elusive Chanteuse, aka the Festive Butterfly, aka especially right now, the Mother Merry is watch it By Lainey • Nov 10, 2022 11:54 am
Royals SPARE Prince Harry Penguin Random House issued a press release earlier today. I got the email at 634am ET which means it was still morning in the UK – basically ensuring that this news would be a top story both in North America and in England. And the news is that Prince Harry’s By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:58 am
Royals Whoopi pushes back on Meghan's "ick" On Thursday’s taping of The View, Whoopi Goldberg rejected sentiments expressed by Meghan Markle on the most recent episode of her podcast, Archetypes. Meghan opened up about her time on the game show Deal or No Deal, saying she disliked the feeling of being reduced to just her looks. By Stephanie • Oct 21, 2022 11:34 am
