Alexander Larman

The knives are out for Prince William and Kate

28 November 2023 9:46 pm

Omid Scobie’s Endgame is now available from a bookshop near you, and no doubt republicans and admirers of Harry and…

Is the war of the Windsors about to blow up again?

27 November 2023 11:30 pm

The name ‘Omid Scobie’ must be one of the least popular ever uttered in Buckingham and St James Palaces. Not…

In defence of The Crown

17 November 2023 10:43 pm

Since 2016, we have cultivated a new national pastime: moaning about the latest series of The Crown. Every time Netflix’s…

Could Prince Harry be brought in from the cold?

16 November 2023 11:47 pm

For those of us who believed that hell would freeze over before the Duke of Sussex was welcomed back into…

Will Charles enjoy a birthday reconciliation with Harry?

15 November 2023 1:37 am

Happy birthday, Your Majesty. The King turns 75 today but the celebrations will be muted: Charles is spending the day launching the…

Prince Harry wins his latest legal battle – but at what cost?

11 November 2023 12:24 am

Prince Harry has won a small victory in his High Court battle: a judge ruled this morning that his privacy…

Charles’s debut King’s Speech was a triumph

7 November 2023 11:56 pm

The King’s speech was a damp squib – but for that we should blame Rishi Sunak rather than Charles III.…

Should Charles apologise to Kenya for Britain’s colonial past?

1 November 2023 8:04 pm

It was no coincidence that Kenya was chosen for King Charles’s first state visit as monarch outside Europe. After all,…

When will Elizabeth II get the memorial she deserves?

8 September 2023 4:00 pm

After the public grief that greeted the death of our longest-serving monarch Elizabeth II a year ago today, it might…

Prince Harry

Heart of Invictus shows Prince Harry at his best

31 August 2023 12:15 am

After a year that would have exhausted any normal human being – with the past 12 months including, but not…

Is the Musk-Zuckerberg cage match off?

15 August 2023 2:43 am

It may not come as a great surprise to readers that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will not, in fact,…

Where did it all go wrong for Harry and Meghan?

27 June 2023 2:53 am

Even for those of us who are not well disposed towards the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, it is hard…

Even Spotify has tired of Meghan and Harry’s repetitive schtick

16 June 2023 7:24 pm

As Oscar Wilde said of the death of Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not…

Will the royal silence over Prince Harry’s trial hold?

8 June 2023 9:33 pm

It’s fair to say that, after an unimpressive first day on the witness stand in his case against the Mirror…

The hubris of Prince Harry

7 June 2023 10:26 pm

As Prince Harry walked into the High Court for his second day of cross-examination, he might have been forgiven for…

Prince Harry’s bruising time in the High Court

6 June 2023 10:32 pm

Prince Harry is on a mission. ‘How much more blood will stain their typing fingers before someone can put a…

Prince Harry’s legal defeat will be particularly painful

23 May 2023 10:14 pm

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

17 May 2023 11:06 pm

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

13 May 2023 9:00 am

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

8 May 2023 9:28 pm

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

7 May 2023 8:39 pm

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

7 May 2023 12:48 am

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?

28 April 2023 8:53 pm

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?

14 April 2023 8:45 pm

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?

13 April 2023 2:34 am

Today’s announcement that Prince Harry will be coming to London for his father’s coronation is not a surprise. Yet it…