Welcome to September! The royal calendar is humming along again after the cursory break that members of the British Royal Family take between late July and mid-September. There are photos and events and announcements (and court cases) to get into, so let's not waste any time. Prince William announced the first Earthshot Prize finalists https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7W3K1Fe91/ … Continue reading Weekly Royal Roundup
This past Tuesday, August 31, was the 24th anniversary of the untimely death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Coincidentally or not, it was also the day that Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand's reissue of Finding Freedom was released. For those of you who aren't aware, Finding Freedom is the biography of Prince Harry, Duke of … Continue reading Finding Freedom: The Epilogue Overview
This week's Biweekly Royal Roundup covers the two weeks falling from July 27 - August 8. And it's late because, like Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I was on vacation last week (though not on vacation in Scotland, being catered to by a full staff - I wish!). Let's get started. Meghan Markle celebrated her … Continue reading Biweekly Royal Roundup
On Wednesday, August 4, The Duchess of Sussex, formerly Meghan Markle, celebrated her 40th birthday. The senior British Royal Family accounts posted the traditional happy birthday messages to Meghan: https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1422829977221967875 https://twitter.com/ClarenceHouse/status/1422831081456349193 https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1422830971003473922 In California, Meghan's birthday was marked by the duchess and her and Prince Harry's charity/company hybrid, Archewell, creating a campaign called 40x40. Here … Continue reading Meghan Markle turned 40
Harry and Meghan have made another hire for their burgeoning media empire. In early July, it was announced that Rebecca Sananes had been hired to head up Archewell Audio, the arm of Harry and Meghan's for-profit company centred around Harry and Meghan's multi-year podcasting deal with Spotify. Sananes will be responsible for overseeing podcast content … Continue reading Archewell Audio has a new head of content, one podcast episode in seven months
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
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
