Recent content by hel

Agree strongly with Iluvbertie that the governmental parts of a state visit are not terribly useful when there may be a wholly new government imminently. Also, the invitation list from the UK side becomes fraught because if not all of the party leaders are invited, that could look like...

The last time Trooping happened within an election period was 1970, when Trooping occurred on 13June and the Election happened on 18June Since then, there have been several elections that have occurred in the week or so *before* Trooping (83, 87, 01, 15, and 17).

Regarding their determination to do what's best for the children, I think it's also important to remember that Kate is one of the most informed lay people around about early childhood development and William has the experience of childhood bereavement and all the impacts that's had on him and...

I think people were wondering where she was because certain elements on social media were doing their best to conspiracy theorize in order to damage the Wales family because they hate William and Kate. You don't make a 30 series Tiktok series called Where the F* is Kate Middleton, speculating...

His account seems to be.... ahistorical at best. 'We wanted to get married quickly. But the Palace couldn't seem to pick a date. Or a venue.' The discussion about venues is alleged to have taken place "after returning from an 'engagement tour', for which Meghan and Harry travelled to the...

I feel bad for poor Chelsey and Cressida, being thrown under the bus by Harry. "They were surprised a ginger could land such a beautiful woman and such an intelligent woman," All the evidence suggests that Chelsey and Cressida are both bright, beautiful women who've been nothing but loyal and...

I think the juxtaposition of the Charles/staff piece with the Sussex/staff piece was interesting for two reasons: One, it really undercut the "lazy palace staff just don't want to work for a demanding American boss" narrative; Charles is clearly just as demanding, long-working, and apt to call...

I don't see that reason for Geidt's ouster in the excerpts from the book, nor in the linked article (which Low also wrote). Could you point me to the source please? Thanks!

One thing I did find interesting was the straight-up admission that the "workshy Wills" narrative was deliberately manufactured.

The bath story is literally from a Times exerpt that is bylined Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durant. It's not a description of a story in the book; it is the book...

Two preliminary stage rulings (i.e., rulings about issues raised in the preliminary stage of trial) were released today about what evidence would be allowed at Harry's upcoming phone hacking suit:

There is audio on Youtube: (it's from the climate change portion of the apparent call, not the BRF bits) It certainly sounds like him.

It certainly illustrates how wise the Windsors have been to try to instill a sense of duty in family members; when uncoupled from duty, the consequences of being raised with such privilege is apparently a massive sense of entitlement. I feel terrible for the RPOs who are basically now forced...

The Snowdons are to divorce.

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the duke and duchess will be travelling to Australia on a "bush fire recovery tour". https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/prince-william-and-catherine-set-to-fly-to-australia-for-bushfire-recovery-tour-20200211-p53zjl.html