Top Reads Archie in Jeans and Hollywood Sussex Meghan Markle was papped yesterday with Archie. Page Six has the exclusives, which you can check out on their website and their Twitter. As we’ve seen, Meghan, Harry, and especially Archie are not papped very often. This is the first time Archie’s been photographed by the paparazzi in By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 11:37 am
Royals Prince Harry returns to LA Prince Harry has returned to LA. For days there’s been all kinds of speculation about how much time he would spend in the UK and how he would spend it, with people nefariously hoping that his visit back to London without Meghan Markle would result in a reconciliation – the By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 01:47 pm
Royals Prince Philip’s Funeral Due to the circumstances of the times, the British royal family announced last week that Prince Philip’s funeral would be a “scaled-back” situation, which is how it is widely being described. “Scaled-back”, by royal standards, though, is still quite a spectacle. I mean, just look at these pictures. As By Lainey • Apr 19, 2021 10:47 am
Royals The Royal Procession Order Earlier in the week, the dominant headline about Prince Philip’s funeral was about what Prince Andrew was “demanding” to wear – he wanted to show up on Saturday as Admiral Andy, which would have been an issue for the British royal family because why is Admiral Andy allowed to retain By Lainey • Apr 16, 2021 11:32 am
Top Reads The Royal Dress Code and the Walking Line Earlier this week, the Daily Mail reported that Prince Andrew was “demanding” to dress in military uniform, along with other members of the royal family, at Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday. This is the kind of information that could only have come from inside the palace – and as we By Lainey • Apr 15, 2021 12:05 pm
Top Reads Prince William and Prince Harry Pay Tribute to Prince Philip Prince Philip died at the age of 99 on Friday and for the last few days, the royal family has been preparing for his funeral which is happening on Saturday. Today Prince William and Prince Harry released statements honouring their grandfather. William’s was first: Harry’s statement followed a By Lainey • Apr 12, 2021 10:49 am
Royals The Firm of Cambridge Morgan Some interesting headlines this week related to the British royal family. Let’s start with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. In the before times, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the two heads of the QCT. When it was confirmed recently that they would not be resuming their roles as By Lainey • Apr 08, 2021 02:44 pm
Royals The Royal “Spin Doctors”? It was reported a couple of days ago that the British senior royals have hired new staff – specifically communications staff. Which is interesting because for the last few weeks, much of my posts about them have been about their piss poor comms strategy and their need for effective crisis management By Lainey • Mar 30, 2021 12:25 pm
Dumbass Prince William’s Black Friend If you are a public relations and/or crisis management specialist, and I know you’re out there because I’ve been hearing from a lot of you these days, heads up that you might want to, well, smash your head into your keyboard if you haven’t seen this By Lainey • Mar 22, 2021 11:39 am
Top Reads Will and Kate: Selfies and Trust The last time Prince William and Kate were out on an official engagement together, William was asked about his brother, Prince Harry, and about racism in his family. His response was embarrassingly bad. Because, as we have seen, the British royals’ and their comms team are embarrassingly bad at crisis By Lainey • Mar 18, 2021 01:41 pm
Royals Prince William Answers Two Questions Prince William and Kate of House Cambridge were in Stratford, London today for a visit to celebrate schools reopening. They met with teachers who shared their experiences with lockdown and the challenges faced over the last year. The visit also happened to be timed with the rollout of Mentally Healthy By Lainey • Mar 11, 2021 10:23 am
Top Reads A Royal Ratings Battle A week ago today, CBS announced that it had secured Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their first sit-down, together, since their engagement. This followed news that the Sussexes are expecting their second child. The week ended with the Queen’s confirmation that Harry and By Lainey • Feb 22, 2021 11:39 am
Top Reads Prince Williams denounces racism If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you may have read a post or two about how I am married to an English Premier League fanatic. Jacek is Canadian and hockey is not his favourite sport. Over the last decade or so, football or soccer (depending on where By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 01:36 pm
Royals British Royals: Staffing Issues? A couple of interesting developments about the British royal family this week. You know how celebrities have been known to dump announcements late on Friday afternoons in the hopes of burying the story on the weekend so as not to be as big a headline? For the last few days, By Lainey • Jan 20, 2021 12:05 pm
Royals Will and Kate: The Train Must Go On Back in December, when COVID-19 cases were surging in the UK (which was a prelude to what we’re seeing there now with beyond-alarming case numbers and hospitals overwhelmed) and people were being advised to stay home and stop the spread, Prince William and Catherine embarked on a train tour By Lainey • Jan 12, 2021 01:42 pm
Royals A Royal Pandemic Promenade How lovely! The lights are so beautiful this time of year, aren’t they? I really, really love holiday lights. And in London especially, they really do know what they’re doing with the lights. I’ve been in London a couple of times during the holiday season and the By Lainey • Dec 22, 2020 10:43 am
