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The Earl Making the Royals Squirm Charles Spencer’s new memoir of his sister, Princess Diana, serves up a royal rogues’ gallery—from King Charles’s alleged elation at her death to tales of a light-fingered Prince Philip

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

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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

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

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

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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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The Attention-Whore Index Steve Bannon joins the Nazi-salute brigade, Elon Musk sparks even more outrage, and Donald Trump gives up on truth, justice, and the American way

By George Kalogerakis

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Blueblood Banks If you don’t want your money mingling with that of the common man, get thee to a private bank

By Joseph Bullmore

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Heywood Hill

By Paulina Prosnitz

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The Queen’s Gambit Meyerbeer’s Ozymandian masterpiece Les Huguenots

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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Family Values

By Simon Callow

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The Royals

Fool’s Gold Still angling to have his royal status reinstated, Prince Andrew can’t take the hint

By Hilary Rose

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump damns himself, Prince Andrew dooms himself, and Kristi Noem deludes herself

By George Kalogerakis

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

By Camilla Long

Terroir Incognita How a plucky couple from Chicago put England on the wine-making map

By George Pendle

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The Time I Met Prince Andrew It was brief but unforgettable—and not in a good way

By Susie Essman

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Riding the Royal Coattails Do you have questions about the coronation? Hugo Vickers has answers

By Ivana Lowell

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The Clown Prince Post-Jubilee, Harry reports back to Netflix*

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The Seated Queen

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The Genoa Revival The port city on Italy’s northwest coast has a stunning, fresco-clad history, and big plans for the future

By Sheila Pierce

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The Attention-Whore Index Kim Kardashian is polluting, Elon Musk is brooding, and Donald Trump is feuding. (Surprise!) Plus, the strangest news from across the world

By George Kalogerakis

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Air Mail Diary

Controversy over The Crown (the Show, Not Charles) And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

But First …

The View from Here Was Trump’s second state visit to the U.K. a case of Rex-ploitation?

By George Pendle

Highlight

The Queen’s Next Move In Salzburg’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Kathryn Lewek shows four faces of the Eternal Feminine

By Matthew Gurewitsch

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may be a public disgrace—but England’s aristocrats won’t let that spoil their supper plans

By Ashley Baker

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