If you've been paying attention to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over the past two years, you know that the couple is highly litigious. They have sued or threatened to sue various news outlets and media organizations based on what they usually feel are slanderous, libelous, or private stories about themselves. They even went … Continue reading Meghan Markle launches legal complaint against The Times
Today, Will and Kate were supposed to embark on a number of engagements to celebrate the 73rd birthday of the National Health Service (NHS). Will and Kate are joint patrons of the Association of NHS Charities, and celebrating the NHS this year was seen as even more important than usual because 1) of the COVID-19 … Continue reading Breaking: Kate forced to self-isolate after possibly coming into contact with COVID-19
Will and Harry unveiled a statue of their late mother on what would have been her 60th birthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CQylLaaIqYp/ July 1 marked what would have been Princess Diana's 60th birthday. This was commemorated with the unveiling of a statue of Princess Diana in the Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace by Harry and Will. Harry flew … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Harry arrived in London! He's in the UK for an unveiling of a state of his late mother this week, on what would have been her 60th birthday. Harry is staying at his rented UK home, Frogmore Cottage, and has to isolate for five days and produce a negative COVID test from the fifth day … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Writing that headline was like a game of Mad Libs. Yesterday, Carla Hayden, the official Librarian of the US Congress, posted the following tweet: https://twitter.com/LibnOfCongress/status/1407422748612202497 This was quickly picked up by Sussex reporter Omid Scobie: https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1407438118601596931 This tweet from Hayden was retweeted by the official US Library of Congress and the official US Copyright Office. … Continue reading The Librarian of Congress tweeted about a secret Meghan Markle book
With my actual job being busy and so much royal news coming thick and fast, I wrote half of this week's roundup and then forgot to finish and post it. But it's here now! Kate launched the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRXFHtlTtt/ This is a great story for Kate and her team, who … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
A week ago today, an announcement was posted on the Archewell website to announce the birth of Harry and Meghan's second child. Here is the official statement in full: “It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world. … Continue reading Lilibet Diana’s parents cause an international incident over her name
Will and Kate did a tour of Scotland Generally, I'm not super interested in the second to second goings-on of royal tours. They are perfectly nice, but they are usually also INCREDIBLY controlled. So it's not a ton of fun to write about. Will and Kate did a tour of Scotland to coincide with Will's … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
Last week, a report detailing Martin Bashir and the BBC's actions surrounding getting the famous Princess Diana Panorama interview in 1995 was released. This report is called the Dyson report because it was prepared by high-profile lawyer and judge John Dyson (Lord Dyson). Lord Dyson was asked by the BBC to independently investigate if there … Continue reading William and Harry’s responses to the Dyson report
Hi there and Happy Victoria Day! Not sure where in the world you are, but today is a holiday in Canada. It's supposed to commemorate the birthday of Queen Victoria, whose birthday was May 24. It's also the holiday used to commemorate the official birthday of the monarch, regardless of the current monarch's birthday. The … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
