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Air Mail Diary

Has the Queen Buried Meghan? And other strange news about these curious days …

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Inside Story

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal

Inside Story

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal


Making Waves

Down Under, Dressed Up How Australian labels like Zimmermann, Christopher Esber, Sir, and Réalisation Par became the unlikely darlings of the style set

Seeing Red

Our Cups Runneth Over The popularity of Aperol, the alluringly colored aperitif, has exploded far beyond the cocktail bars of Venice. Who’s to blame?

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The Royals

Sins of the Father What does Prince Andrew’s scandal mean for Britain’s hardest-working princesses, Beatrice and Eugenie?

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The Jewel Is The Crown Even though Season Five of Netflix’s hit series is a laughable portrait of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, the show’s critics will keep watching

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The Art of the Scam

Lord of the Lies Inspired by his love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson, a São Paulo judge posed as a member of the British aristocracy for decades

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News of the World

The AIR MAIL Diary A Bezos-Sánchez tour of Venice, a Valentine’s meal with King Charles, and other strange stories from around the globe …

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Royal Follies

The Strange Afterlife of Queen Elizabeth II Four years after her death, the Queen has faded from the public consciousness with surprising speed. But as the code of silence loosens and archives open, a sharper portrait is beginning to emerge

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Air Mail Diary

Two More Prince Andrew Dramas And other strange news about these curious days …

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Country Pursuits

Horse Sense Little-known photos by Julian Lloyd hearken back to the Swinging 60s and the electric meeting point of British society, rock ‘n’ roll, and, of course, horses

Online Special

Dinner Party From Hell It’s time for a second look at Thomas Adès’s loopy dance of death The Exterminating Angel


Books

Annus Horribilis

But First …

Behind the Palace Curtain A new season of The Crown, a scathing nonfiction account, the tell-all memoir from Prince Harry himself—there is no shortage of ways to take in the royal family, but none are flattering

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Can anyone stop Prince Harry’s run of victories? Kevin Spacey and others make their move. But the decision is up to you!

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Curses!

The C-Spot Nothing validates the dictum that the U.S. and the U.K. are “two nations divided by a common language” quite like this single, four-letter word

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Royals on Holiday

Sleeping Around A farmhouse in Romania, a monastery in Greece, a cottage in Cornwall—King Charles’s preferred getaways are surprisingly plebeian. And most are open to the public

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The Prince of Wails Even though Andrew’s legacy has been marred by endless scandals, the coddled prince was shocked to the point of tears when he finally understood his title was gone forever

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Elon Musk is failing, Donald Trump is flailing, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is whaling

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The King of Lies Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown

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Style

John and Alexandra Brodie’s Holiday Gift Guide With the help of his middle-school daughter, the former editor of Maisonette and editor of Todd Snyder rounds up the most charming cadeaux for tots, tykes, tweens, and teens

Royal Follies

The Duke of Hazard Where do Harry’s thrashing in court and chaotic visit to the U.K. leave the duke’s plans to present himself as a moral crusader?


The Royal Soap Opera

The Sussex Circus Is Back Harry and Meghan’s mouthpiece has a book out. Spoiler alert: it’s grovelingly kind to them but brutal to everyone else

Restaurant Life

Arrivederci, San Lorenzo Princess Diana played out her love life at the London institution, but after 40 years of being the center of the scene, it’s closing

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