Royals Intro for September 19, 2022 Dear Gossips, We are seeing today the culmination of Operation London Bridge, the plan devised years ago, with significant participation from Queen Elizabeth II herself, to mark the end of her life and reign. This is what the British royal family and England do best – ceremony and tradition, all displayed By Lainey • Sep 19, 2022 09:05 am
Royals Harry in Uniform There was a major development yesterday ahead of the final events preceding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. Prince Harry will be in uniform on Saturday when he takes part in a vigil alongside his cousins to honour their grandmother. Harry will join Prince William, Princesses Beatrice and By Lainey • Sep 16, 2022 09:49 am
Royals The King’s Pen A few days ago, during the proclamation signing, King Charles went viral when he appeared to dismissively order staffers to clear the desk for him and then grimaced at someone because the pen tray was in his way. "The servant must clear my desk for me. I can' By Lainey • Sep 14, 2022 09:49 am
Royals Prince Andrew and Prince Harry: Royal Mourning Attire The British royal family is all about titles and symbolism and ceremony. The Queen’s funeral and all the events leading up to it then will be heavy on all of that presentation and now they’ve found themselves in a situation about military uniforms. In other words… CLOTHING. This By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 10:50 am
Royals The Return of the Royal Four It was a sight to see on Saturday at Windsor – Prince William and Kate stepping out alongside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to read all the tributes and see the flowers that have piled up outside the gates of the castle and to meet with well-wishers. This was the return By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 10:16 am
Royals Intro for September 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, The UK is mourning the death of a monarch for the first time in the time of 24-hour live television and social media. I live in Canada, a member nation of the Commonwealth, and I also work in media, my office is in a broadcast centre, so I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 09:12 am
Royals The King’s (First) Speech King Charles III has just addressed the nation for the first time since Queen Elizabeth’s passing yesterday. He paid tribute to her as a mother and a monarch, referring to her at the end as “my darling mama”, highlighting her lifelong commitment, her sense of duty, and what she By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 03:05 pm
Royals Intro for September 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, Yesterday marked the first time in over 70 years that a king wears the crown in England. As I wrote in my second post about Queen Elizabeth’s passing, this is the first British royal transfer of power during the age of the 24-hour news cycle and the By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 09:55 am
Royals From Queen to King London Bridge is underway. All the developments we’ve seen today coming out of Buckingham Palace and continue to see coming now mean that London Bridge, the plans that have been in place for quite some time in the event of Queen Elizabeth’s passing, have been activated. The palace’ By Lainey • Sep 08, 2022 03:36 pm
Royals The Queen’s Concern Queen Elizabeth met with new British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday. After that Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that doctors had advised her to rest and that they’d be rearranging her schedule. Today the palace followed up with another statement: UPDATE: pic.twitter.com/8BxfKkKJtK — Omid Scobie By Lainey • Sep 08, 2022 09:17 am
Royals Meghan & Harry: Salt & Pepper We have long been fans here of Allison P Davis; as I’ve said before I will read anything she writes because she is one of the best culture writers and one of the best celebrity profile writers in the business. Her latest profile, for The Cut, is on Meghan By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 09:43 am
BFFs Meghan & Mimi, Meghan & Serena Meghan Markle’s podcast, Archetypes, just debuted today on Spotify with her first guests, Serena Williams and Professor Laura Kray from UC Berkeley. The discussion topic is ambition and how it relates to gender. Meghan and Prince Harry signed their deal with Spotify two years ago for a multi-year partnership. By Lainey • Aug 23, 2022 10:33 am
Royals Intro for August 15, 2022 Dear Gossips, I watched the first half hour of The Princess, HBO’s new documentary about Princess Diana, on the treadmill this morning. It made the time go by real fast and it made me want to stay on the treadmill, which almost never happens. I was mad when I By Lainey • Aug 15, 2022 08:46 am
Royals Prince Charles: More Money More Problems “Federal agents mad ‘cause I’m flagrant”… On multiple occasions this year, Prince Charles has made headlines for his allegedly sketchy “cash for honours” controversy and other money deals, as he reportedly accepted “bags of cash” donations for his charity which, while not necessarily illegal, is definitely kinda suspect considering By Lainey • Aug 02, 2022 12:03 pm
Royals The Royal House of Pegging Not that it was ever her intention (as IF), but Beyoncé did Prince William a favour last night and that favour continues to give today as she dominates everyone’s timeline. It would be asking too much, though, for him to appreciate the assist from a Black woman – he’s By Lainey • Jul 29, 2022 01:07 pm
Royals Prince Andrew: An Ongoing Problem Here are some photos of Prince Andrew from the weekend out horseback riding at Windsor. He looks relaxed, safely protected by his mother and the Palace, even though he’s also the family shame. Andrew is the shame and the constant headache because while he’s been hoping that his By Lainey • Jul 26, 2022 12:47 pm
