Prince Harry’s legal defeat will be particularly painful
Today, Prince Harry lost a court case. If the law of averages is to be believed, he has involved himself…
Meghan’s lecture on ‘service’ is hard to take
Since the publication of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare in January, Meghan has kept an unusually low profile by her standards.…
A born rebel: Lady Caroline Lamb scandalises society
Antonia Fraser describes an intelligent, independent woman, whose penchant for cross-dressing reflected her yearning for the freedom only men enjoyed
Prince Harry has so much to learn from Prince William
In the run-up to the coronation, the Prince of Wales was a rather detached figure. Prince William kept an unusually…
The dignity of Prince Harry
For the coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953, all the members of the Royal Family were present, with…
Today we saw the humanity beneath the crown
In the end, after months of speculation, the coronation was a success. In the run-up, the distracting aspect had been…
Are we about to witness the comeback of Meghan Markle?
Seasoned observers of Meghan Markle – and by now, surely, there cannot be any other kind – might be forgiven…
Is King Charles bringing Andrew back into the fold?
I am beginning to wonder if there are, in fact, two incarnations of King Charles that co-exist simultaneously. The first…
Why isn’t Meghan going to the coronation?
Today’s announcement that Prince Harry will be coming to London for his father’s coronation is not a surprise. Yet it…
When will Prince Harry break his Coronation silence?
Two thousand among the great and the good from around the world will soon receive a letter from King Charles…
The chaos of coronations over the centuries
From the mass panic of William the Conqueror’s to the drunken mayhem of Victoria’s, few coronations have passed off entirely peacefully
Paris: the place to be as a royal in exile
When rulers are thrown out of their countries, they cannot expect all that much. Think of Napoleon, first cooling his…
Prince Harry’s new project to challenge ‘gender norms’
What are Prince Harry’s pronouns? The obvious ones, of course, are ‘he/him’, but the mischievous might suggest that ‘heir/spare’ are…
Harry and Meghan want it both ways with royal titles
For all of Harry and Meghan’s near-constant talk about needing their privacy, it is an unfortunate running theme that their…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s leftward turn
In the ’80s and early ’90s, there was perhaps no greater cinematic hate figure for liberals than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since…
Harry and Meghan’s coronation guessing game isn’t fair on the King
Will they or won’t they? I’m talking, of course, about whether or not Harry and Meghan will attend the King’s…
Prince Harry and Gabor Maté are a match made in heaven
In the eighteenth century, the well-to-do and prurient enjoyed visiting London’s most notorious hospital, Bedlam, to gaze at its patients.…
How will Harry and Meghan take their next revenge on the Royal Family?
When Prince Harry appeared on the Stephen Colbert show earlier this week, he deviated from his usual pained ‘my family…
Could Meghan and Harry’s eviction overshadow the coronation?
With the coronation a mere two months away, the ‘will they, won’t they’ speculation about the presence of the Duke…
Why King Charles shouldn’t meet Ursula von der Leyen
Is it wise for King Charles to get dragged into the Brexit deal row? European Commission president Ursula von der…
Why don’t Harry and Meghan sue South Park?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are hardly averse to taking matters to court. From their privacy tussles with the…
Prince Andrew will never learn his lesson
As the Princess of Wales draws plaudits for appearing at last night’s BAFTA awards in a subtly reused Alexander McQueen…
Prince Harry will regret invading his privacy with his ‘Spare’ sex scene
What a pity that memoirs don’t qualify for the Bad Sex in Literature prize. If they did, the description of…
Is the world ready for a Harry and Meghan rom com?
Those of us unlucky enough to have suffered through the six interminable hours of the Netflix Harry and Meghan series…
How King Charles can solve his Prince Harry coronation conundrum
Most men in their seventies, if they had to attend an arduous public event, would hope that their younger son’s…
