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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

That's not exactly what the complaint was about. There's no doubt that the elephant was drugged and tethered. His complaint said as much. His complaint was that the paper claimed that the cropping of the photo deliberately obscured the tethering, making the photo seem more interesting...

I don't actually think that's true.. the page you link to includes the word "Duchess" 28 times in reference to Meghan. The headline refers to Meghan Markle because of SEO. I don't think it's a coded message.

I've looked and can't find that; the stories I've seen say it came in an email from a Hotmail account. Can you please provide a link?

Patricia Treble raises an interesting question:

It is considered to be reputable. In 2017, it was the leader when Canadians were asked what their most respected polling org was: https://surveys.google.com/reporting/survey?hl=en-US&survey=lmwiiiqvhqajveqrzfeffd3gfu

The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from January 13 – 14, 2020 among a representative randomized sample of 1,154 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum. It has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Paying for Harry and Meghan is.. not...

The named agent, Nick Collins of The Gersh Agency, does not handle property management. He's a licensed talent agent, in an industry that is regulated by the California Talent Agencies Act; state law sets out his scope of work, including "procuring, offering, promising, or attempting to procure...

I discovered something today that I did not know: the Royal Ballet School's patron is HM and its president is Prince Charles, but its vice-president is Lady Sarah Chatto. I wonder if that model, where Royal-Adjacent members of the monarch's family might be employed in "non-patron, but...

Buried in one of the reports I read in the past day or so was the suggestion that apparently the backlash against the couple took the Queen aback so much that it pushed her to be less harsh with them.

It does seem to be, yes. The Times article not only contained the allegation of bullying, but also denials from both friends of Williams and other friends of Harry's. And reporters who've actually talked to the palace sources have confirmed that the characterization of bullying is the problem...