Alexander Larman

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…

When will Prince Harry break his Coronation silence?

6 April 2023 12:38 am

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

1 April 2023 9:00 am

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

26 March 2023 9:51 am

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’

21 March 2023 11:37 pm

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

9 March 2023 8:59 pm

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

9 March 2023 4:26 am

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

6 March 2023 9:35 pm

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

5 March 2023 6:24 am

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?

2 March 2023 9:31 pm

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?

1 March 2023 10:39 pm

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

28 February 2023 12:26 am

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?

22 February 2023 10:27 pm

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are hardly averse to taking matters to court. From their privacy tussles with the…