Royals

The Hotel World

Who Goes There? After a $1.7 billion renovation, Raffles London, at the Old War Office, opened to great fanfare. Too much, perhaps

By Ashley Baker

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The Drama Continues …

Failure to Launch Having returned to Santa Barbara, and with Prince Harry’s memoir and Meghan’s podcast underway, what’s next for the unroyal couple?

By Hilary Rose

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump goes low, Elon Musk goes Sieg heil!, and Mark Zuckerberg goes so macho

By George Kalogerakis

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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

By Stuart Heritage

Books

The Royal Treatment

By Roger Lewis

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Books

Murder, They Wrote Mystery books past and present honor Queen Elizabeth II and the kingdom she leaves behind

By Lisa Henricksson

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Highlight

Every Tiara Has a Story

By Carol Woolton

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Close-up

India Ria Amarteifio The star of Shonda Rhimes’s latest, a prequel to her hit Bridgerton series, reveals how she channels Queen Charlotte

By Carolina de Armas

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The Wild West

Coastal Disturbances After laying claim to a lot of Monaco property, a billionaire developer has unleashed his checkbook on picturesque Carmel, California

By Keiran Southern

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Books

Larger than Life

By Michael Hainey

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Department of Complaints

Preaching to the Choir Meghan Markle’s podcast is back, and it’s just as pious and self-aggrandizing as ever

By Hilary Rose

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Fiction

Joining “the Firm” An aspiring journalist from New Delhi gets a private tour of Kensington Palace—his new girlfriend’s childhood home

By Aatish Taseer

The Harry Diaries

The Heir and the Spare Britain’s royal soap opera continues …

By Stuart Heritage

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Remembering Queen Elizabeth II Whether one spent time with her in person or knew her only through her portraits, her warmth was always present

By Ashley Baker and Michael Hainey

Air Mail Diary

Netflix to Harry and Meghan: You Work for Us, You Know And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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School for Scandal

Rock Bottom In Monaco, a shadow war is raging between Prince Albert and a billionaire developer that features dirty tricks, a mysterious whistleblower, and death on the winding roads

By Joseph Bullmore

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Catching Flack

A Tale of Two Royal Households When King Charles had bad news, his communications chief put on a master class in damage control. If only Kate had done the same

By John Arlidge

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Highlight

That 70s Movie Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration

By Graham Fuller

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Air Mail Diary

The Further Adventures of the Heir and the Spare And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Queen’s Gambit

Sloane Alone Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England

By Hilary Rose

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THE ROYAL GRIEVANCE TOUR

The World According to Harry Written like an exceedingly long, drunken text message, and opening with a phrase from BrainyQuote, Spare is anything but the typical royal memoir

By James Marriott

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Books

Long Live the Queen

By Patrick Kidd

A Look Back

All in a Lather The 1970s gave us Herbal Essences, Flex, and Lemon Up shampoo. But 50 years later, we can’t stop thinking about the one scented with musk and bubble gum

By Christa D’Souza

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007 Woes

Who Killed James Bond? The last movie in the series, released three years ago, promised the beloved agent would return—but fans are still waiting

By Jonathan Dean

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Elon Musk is in a frenzy, Steve Bannon is green with envy, and Mark Zuckerberg seeks “masculine energy”

By George Kalogerakis

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