On Wednesday night I went to see “Corruption” at Lincoln Center. Written by J.T. Rogers and directed by Bartlett Sher, the play unspools the chilling true saga of Rebekah Brooks. With her mop of red Renaissance curls and steely ambition, Brooks became the favorite lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch. She got in trouble more than a […]
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Harry and Meghan Wish Princess Kate ‘Health and Healing’ After Cancer Diagnosis
For the royal family, the news of a cancer diagnosis for Catherine, Princess of Wales, was another heavy blow, sidelining one of its most visible figures at a time when its ranks were already depleted. In addition to King Charles III, who has canceled public appearances to undergo his own cancer treatment, the family has […]
Read MoreKate Middleton’s Story Is About More Than Kate Middleton
“Where Is Kate Middleton?” yet another headline blared on Monday. The public speculation following her unspecified abdominal surgery, long withdrawal from appearances and dubious publicity photo has gotten so intense that reasonable people may want to roll their eyes and tune it out. Can’t we just wish her well and leave her alone? But the […]
Read MorePrincess Kate’s Photo, The Royal Family, and a Conspiracy Obsessed Internet
Trace back the digitally altered photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales, and its roots lie in a tragedy of another Princess of Wales, Diana, whose death in 1997 predated the creation of Facebook by nearly seven years. Diana’s fatal car accident, after a high-speed pursuit by photographers in Paris, left a lasting imprint on her […]
Read MoreMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, Speaks Out About ‘Hateful’ Online Bullying
The glare of public attention has often left Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, on the receiving end of strong opinions. And Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pushed back at that directly on Friday, criticizing a culture of bullying on social media. “We have forgotten about our humanity, and that has got to change,” she said, […]
Read MoreJudge to Review Prince Harry’s Visa Papers in Dispute Over Release
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to submit documents related to Prince Harry’s visa for the court to review after the department refused to release them to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, under the Freedom of Information Act. The Heritage Foundation has sued the department, contending that it has […]
Read MorePrince Harry Gets Damages in Hacking Case and Calls Out Piers Morgan
Prince Harry has settled his privacy claims against a British tabloid publisher, his lawyer told a London court on Friday, two months after a judge found the publisher guilty of “widespread and habitual” hacking of the prince’s cellphone. The settlement with Mirror Group Newspapers — which his lawyer said would amount to at least 400,000 […]
Read MorePrince Harry Ends U.K. Trip Without Meeting Prince William
Prince Harry did not meet with his brother, Prince William, during a roughly 24-hour trip to Britain after Buckingham Palace announced that their father had cancer, an indication that relations between the siblings remain tense. Harry, 39, flew to London on Tuesday and visited his father, King Charles III, for a short time, but did […]
Read MorePrince William Is Back at Work, Facing a New Normal
Prince William, the heir to the British throne, stepped back onto the public stage Wednesday, trying to project a steely sense of normalcy, two days after the announcement that his father, King Charles III, had been struck by cancer. But as William carried out an honors ceremony at Windsor Castle and attended a charity fund-raiser […]
Read MoreWhat King Charles’s Cancer Diagnosis Means for Princes William and Harry
Less than two weeks after King Charles III was admitted to a London hospital to be treated for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace disclosed that tests had revealed “a form of cancer.” As Charles has been “advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties,” many expected other members of the royal family to step up to […]
Read MorePrince Harry’s Phone Was Hacked by U.K. Tabloid, Judge Rules in Landmark Case
A London court on Friday found in favor of Prince Harry in a lawsuit that he had pursued against a British tabloid publisher, a major victory in the royal’s long-running battle with Britain’s news media over its intrusion into his life. The judge found there was sufficient proof that Mirror Group Newspapers, which owns several […]
Read MorePrince Harry on ‘The Crown,’ Luther Ford’s First Role
Playing Prince Harry in the final season of Netflix’s “The Crown,” Luther Ford said he felt like royalty. The actor, who was still a student when he was cast in the role, said he would be picked up by a chauffeur from the apartment he shared with roommates in Bournemouth, a coastal city in England, […]
Read MoreThe Critics’ Picks: A Year in Reading
Jennifer Szalai Since I review only nonfiction, I sometimes get tasked with writing about political memoirs — a number of which are geared toward getting you to believe what their politician-authors want you to believe, if not insisting that you should just shut your mind and let them do all the thinking for you. So […]
Read MoreHow a Book Publishing ‘Mistake’ Reignited the U.K.’s Royal Racism Furor
As book rollouts go, the one for Omid Scobie’s latest offering about the British royal family, “Endgame,” has been a hot mess — splashy, gaudy, tantalizing but ultimately a bit withholding — which is to say, par for the course for a putative tell-all account of the world’s most covered, least decoded family. The withholding […]
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