Royals Prince Charles’s media month Prince Charles’s 70th birthday is next week. As we’ve seen, he’s picked up his PR game ahead of the milestone – there’s the Robert Jobson biography in which he seemingly checks his sons and the Vanity Fair cover story in which he and Camilla pose side by By Lainey • Nov 08, 2018 12:45 pm
Girlcrushes Dame Emma Thompson Emma Thompson is in my top three. When people ask me about my favourite celebrities I’ve ever produced – a question I get often – Emma Thompson is always in my top three. She’s one of those legendary actors you describe as a “national treasure.” Which nation’s treasure is By Kathleen • Nov 07, 2018 03:16 pm
Royals Prince Charles at work Yesterday Lainey wrote about Prince Charles’s Vanity Fair profile and how it is a rebranding, showing him in a kinder, more familial light. Sure, yeah, all of that. But did you catch the work shade?! One of the phrases lobbed at Prince William and Duchess Kate a lot is By Sarah • Nov 02, 2018 10:33 am
Royals Rebranding Prince Charles Whoa. We’ve been talking about Prince Charles quite a bit this week, especially as excerpts from Robert Jobson’s biography on the future king have been leaked. In brief – Robert Jobson has been a royal reporter for three decades and travelled on official tours with Charles for 18 months By Lainey • Nov 01, 2018 11:45 am
Royals Prince William: “a little grand” As mentioned in the previous post about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, royal reporter Robert Jobson has written a new biography about Prince Charles (Charles at Seventy: Thoughts, Hopes, and Dreams) and remember, he researched the book over 18 months while travelling on official tours with the future king of By Lainey • Oct 30, 2018 12:18 pm
Royals William & Harry: separate courts? The Times reported this weekend that we are about to see a major change in the young royal ecosystem. They have long appeared to be the closest of brothers, bonded in tragedy and an inseparable element in the worldwide appeal of the royal family. Yet the pressures of monarchy, marriage By Lainey • Oct 29, 2018 11:54 am
Royals The Cambridges at the ball The Queen hosted a state banquet last night in honour of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. Can we call it a ball? It was totally a ball. A super royal ball. Royals everywhere, including Prince William and Catherine. Earlier this week, I referenced Tom Sykes’s piece in The Daily By Lainey • Oct 24, 2018 12:24 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry & Meghan Day 7: more belly-cupping and the success of the Sussexes The Invictus Games were the focus of the royal tour itinerary this weekend. On Monday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited Fraser Island. As previously announced, they travelled there together and Royal Meghan then went to rest, rejoining Harry later in the day. As I wrote last week, Meghan’s By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 11:48 am
Royals Cambridge and Sussex wedding PDA I was wrong. Princess Kate did not recycle today for Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbanks’s wedding. This pink dress is McQueen, her favourite designer and wedding designer. Great colour on her. Again, not entirely out of her style wheelhouse but the strong shoulder is basically Kate’s version of By Lainey • Oct 12, 2018 11:00 am
Royals The Cambridges full of life They can be dull sometimes, the Cambridges, non? Of course sometimes they have to be. Prince William and Catherine will be King and Queen one day. They’re probably held to a standard and a set of expectations even higher than other royals. Today, though, as they stepped out in By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 11:59 am
Royals The Queen of the World and Royal Meghan On September 25, ITV will air a two part programme about Queen Elizabeth and her next generation. We will see her dedication to the Commonwealth and how Princes Charles, William, Harry, and Meghan Markle will carry on that dedication and how she’s been preparing them and herself for the By Lainey • Sep 19, 2018 11:38 am
Royals Prince William’s Asian mix-up Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this: Prince William was in great form at By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 10:44 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Trey’s christening portraits There was a lot of royal gossip that happened this weekend. Let’s start with the good news before we get into the trash – Kensington Palace released the official Prince Louis christening portraits that were taken earlier this month. We’ll begin with the full team. Here are Prince Charles By Lainey • Jul 16, 2018 09:32 am
Royals The Queen and the Royal Four It’s a big week for the English. Wimbledon is happening. Tomorrow England plays Croatia in the World Cup semi-final. And the Queen stepped out today for the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. There was a service at Westminster Abbey followed by a flypast at Buckingham Palace. Thousands By Lainey • Jul 10, 2018 10:53 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Cambridge Five The Cambridges, William, Catherine, Big G, Charlotte, and Louis stepped out for the first time as a five piece today for Trey’s christening. The Queen and Prince Philip couldn’t make it because they already have other commitments this week and, given their age, it was likely thought best By Lainey • Jul 09, 2018 04:31 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Trey’s first portraits The Cambridges released the first official portraits of Prince Louis this weekend. Trey is being held by his sister, Princess Charlotte, who just celebrated her 3rd birthday last week. The photos were taken by Princess Kate. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two photographs of By Lainey • May 07, 2018 11:08 am
