The knives are out for Prince William and Kate
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?
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
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?
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?
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?
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
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?
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?
After the public grief that greeted the death of our longest-serving monarch Elizabeth II a year ago today, it might…
Heart of Invictus shows Prince Harry at his best
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?
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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…
