A bit of a surprise: last week, Meghan Markle notched her first A.W.I. victory in more than a year, with 35.1 percent, entirely on the strength of her continuing use of “H.R.H.” despite having agreed to give up the title. Grasping, sure. But there must be something more going on, maybe a residual, cumulative feeling among voters that the duchess simply deserves to win these things, no matter what.
Donald Trump’s ongoing dismantling of American democracy was good for only second place (27.2 percent), and so his losing streak extends to three weeks. Secretary of Leak Investigations Pete Hegseth parlayed a threat to Iran, delivered on X partly in all caps—nice touch, that’ll frighten them—into third place (20.4 percent).
