If you've been living under a rock, you might not know who Omid Scobie is. Here is the Coles Notes: He is a royal reporter based out of London who writes very sympathetically about Harry and Meghan. But more than that, he's a royal reporter who seemingly wants to be a household name in America … Continue reading Omid Scobie wants to be America’s royal reporter
Month: March 2021
Weekly Royal Roundup
Zara Tindall had a baby on her bathroom floor! Princess Anne's daughter Zara Tindall delivered a baby boy, named Lucas, last Sunday. The baby came so quickly that Zara and her husband Mike didn't have time to get to the hospital - Zara delivered the baby at their home, on a yoga mat on the … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Prince Harry got a job!
Earlier this week, it was announced that Prince Harry has signed on to become Chief Impact Officer for mental health tech startup BetterUp. The startup is a mental health coaching service that provides groups and individuals with analytics, specialized plans, and one-on-one interaction with a mental health coach to achieve personal and professional goals. Then, … Continue reading Prince Harry got a job!
Will and Kate’s calm façade is cracking
Given that we've just passed the one-year mark of the Western world being in lockdown due to a pandemic, and because of the insanity of the Oprah interview and subsequent fallout, I have no sweet clue what day it is. Or week. Or sometimes month. Is it September? How old did I turn on my … Continue reading Will and Kate’s calm façade is cracking
Weekly Royal Roundup
Prince Philip was discharged from the hospital! To everyone's relief, Prince Philip was discharged from the King Edward VII hospital this week, after 28 nights in both the King Edward VII and St. Bart's, both in London. Originally, Prince Philip was admitted to the hospital with an infection, but he additionally had a procedure on … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Weekly Royal Roundup
Goodness gracious. A lot to talk about, so let's get to it. Mother's Day in the United Kingdom Today (Sunday, March 14) is Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday, in the United Kingdom. (Mother's Day in Canada and the United States is in May). Royals marked the occasion with posts on social media, per usual. Here … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Oprah’s Harry and Meghan Interview: Hour Two
Are you exhausted? This week has been exhausting. I feel like this is the closest I've ever been to living the 1936 abdication crisis. And I didn't realize how tiring that would be! Okay, let's go through the second half of Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan. As you know from the first post I … Continue reading Oprah’s Harry and Meghan Interview: Hour Two
Oprah’s Meghan and Harry Interview: Hour One
There was too much dirt in this interview for me to be able to summarize it in one post. So we're going to go through the first hour of the CBS interview special in this post, and the second hour will be discussed in a second post. I'm only one person and there was SO … Continue reading Oprah’s Meghan and Harry Interview: Hour One
Pre-Oprah thoughts and a quick Q&A
I've been laying low the past 24 hours. This past week of royal news has hit with the subtlety of an 18-wheeler, and I needed a break before tomorrow's Meghan and Harry interview spectacular. As I said, I write about this subject specifically, for no money, just because I enjoy it - and even I … Continue reading Pre-Oprah thoughts and a quick Q&A
Meghan Markle, Mysterious Diamonds, Murder, and Mohammed bin Salman
We're going to talk about a lot of things today, and they all centre around these diamond earrings. Remember the earrings, they're important and we will come back to them in a bit. This is Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS. He is Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (his father, the King, … Continue reading Meghan Markle, Mysterious Diamonds, Murder, and Mohammed bin Salman