Royal family
The dutiful Duke
The reason why Greeks and Romans would have found it difficult to eulogise the Duke of Edinburgh was that he…
Prince Harry’s new job is hardly ‘public service’
At the tender age of 36, Prince Harry has got his first job since leaving the royal family. Congratulations to…
High life
Gstaad Some of you may have noticed that I have not commented at all about the ongoing soap opera and…
Letters
Meghan’s adroitness Sir: Tanya Gold suggests that people criticise Meghan Markle because she is mixed race and a woman, and…
Portrait of the week
Home The world was agog, some in tears, some in synchronised toe-curling, as the Duchess of Sussex and her husband…
The Spectator’s Notes
I have been slow in the uptake. When I saw the Duchess of Sussex complain in her interview clips about…
There’s no ‘my’ in truth
Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of the former mayor of New York, Rudy, has been talking to the press about…
In defence of Meghan
The unfair demonisation of a duchess
Telling tales
Harry and Meghan’s brand of revenge
Labour has stumbled into the royal culture war
Given Starmer’s aim of getting red wall voters back on side, Labour should not have touched the Harry and Meghan…
Can Boris sustain his royal silence?
Boris Johnson is clearly determined to avoid being dragged into this Harry and Meghan story. At his press conference this afternoon,…
Fact check: did Harry and Meghan have a secret wedding?
Oh dear. Not content with having claimed that baby Archie was denied his rightful title, last night’s interview with the…
Minister’s Sussex snub
What does No. 10 think about Harry and Meghan’s Palace intrigue? Perhaps we can glean some insight from the comments…
Prince Harry’s brave revelation
Monarchy is madness, a national delusion in which adults behave as children and project onto the objects of their desire.…
What the Oprah interview means for the monarchy
An institution that weathered and survived the abdication crisis and the aftermath of the death of Diana Princess of Wales…
Harry and Meghan’s incendiary accusations
Well! On the bright side, Oprah Winfrey got her money’s worth. Also on the bright side, Prince Harry is sixth…
Portrait of the Week
Home First-dose coronavirus vaccinations totalled more than 20 million. A study suggested that in the over-eighties, a single dose of…
Diary
Santa Monica is a soothing place to be locked down. I moved here from New York for four months in…
Princess Eugenie and the perilous business of baby names
Naming a child turns out to be one of the hardest things you can do. The secret to nailing it…
Harry, Meghan and the nature of public service
Well, the ways have parted. That 12-month revision of the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for California…
Portrait of the week
Home On Sunday 7 February, as the week began, 11,465,210 people in the United Kingdom had received a first vaccination…
His mother’s son
The echoes of Diana in Prince Harry
Portrait of the week
Home The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine began, rather slowly, to be given to some old people in hospital and health workers.…
The Spectator’s Notes
My inbox is crowded with messages from Old Etonians attacking Simon Henderson, the headmaster of Eton. They are furious that…
Marriage of inconvenience
‘We have to stop it now!’ says Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter), smoking another cigarette, obviously. She’s talking about the…
