Royals Intro for October 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, Buckingham Palace confirmed the date of King Charles’s coronation yesterday: The Coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. The Ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside The Queen Consort. — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October By Lainey • Oct 12, 2022 09:12 am
Royals The Wales Cocktail-Off needs a DJ British royals behind a bar – it’s a thing. A common photo op whenever they’re in Ireland, and typically it involves them pulling a pint which at this point has been overdone. So now we have an update on this regular royal move as Prince William and Kate are By Lainey • Oct 06, 2022 12:08 pm
Royals What will you call Camilla? Saturday will mark a month since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and a month since Charles became the King. When you see the words “The Queen”, other than Beyoncé, who comes to mind? It’s Elizabeth II, right? Well, some people are trying to change that. Read the thread By Lainey • Oct 06, 2022 10:52 am
Royals Sad Prince Andrew Here is Prince Andrew, looking despondent while riding his horse through Windsor Park. Look, I’m sorry the guy’s mom just died, in the way I am sorry when anyone’s mom dies. I wish no moms ever died, unless you are Jenette McCurdy, in which case, live your By Sarah • Sep 27, 2022 11:02 am
TV Updates The Crown is done mourning It’s been exactly a week since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral which means that the additional seven days of mourning observed by the British royal family has concluded. That was the Crown’s schedule, at least. But it was not The Crown’s schedule. The Crown is one of By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 12:05 pm
BFFs The Sussexes' next chapter begins This week, Tyler Perry stopped by Today and reflected on why he offered up his house and security to Meghan and Harry amid their relocation to the U.S. and step back from the royal family in 2020. “It was a difficult time for them,” he said to Hoda Kotb By Stephanie • Sep 23, 2022 01:41 pm
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 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 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 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
