The Princess of Wales' 'manipulated' photo is a disastrous own goal
She has since claimed that she herself edited the photo: ‘Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing’
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and books editor of Spectator World, our US-based edition
Monday
The Princess of Wales' 'manipulated' photo is a disastrous own goal
The photograph of Kate Middleton surrounded by her family was supposed to reassure the public. ‘Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day,’ the caption alongside the picture read. Seasoned royal watchers saw a code in the terse statement: you’ve had your fun
Tuesday
Will Kate’s rogue uncle embarrass the royals on Celebrity Big Brother?
It’s safe to say that at the moment the royals are besieged by controversy and difficulty – partially through bad luck, and partially through problems of their own making. It has not, perhaps, then been the most helpful development that the Princess of Wales’s loud and self-styled ‘flamboyant’ uncle Gary Goldsmith has entered the Celebrity
Wednesday
Prince Harry’s court defeat is another embarrassment for the royals
Prince Harry’s failed High Court challenge against the government over his security protection heaps more embarrassment on the royals. The Duke of Sussex was told today that the decision to downgrade his security status following his departure from the royal family was legitimate. Once again, it means the Royals are in the headlines for the wrong
Tuesday
Where is the Princess of Wales?
Tuesday’s statement about Prince William was terse to the point of being unhelpful. ‘The Prince of Wales has pulled out of attending the memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece at Windsor Castle due to a personal matter.’ Granted, William has been unusually active during the past few weeks. One minute he has
Where is the Princess of Wales?
Kate has not been seen in public for weeks, nor has she put out any sort of personal statement
Tuesday
Is it wise for Prince William to wade in on the Israel-Gaza war?
The Prince of Wales’s statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict raises more questions than answers. William has announced that he is ‘deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of conflict in the Middle East since the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October’, before saying explicitly: ‘Too many have been killed.’ He then declares that ‘I, like
Saturday
Lord Byron had many faults, but writing dull letters wasn’t one of them
Andrew Stauffer has approached what would otherwise be a fairly standard life of the poet through an unusual prism
Friday
Could Harry become an American citizen?
If I was the producer of Good Morning America, I would feel disappointed by today’s appearance of Prince Harry on my show. The Duke of Sussex came on television for his first major broadcast interview of the year, and it was inevitable that the major topic of interest was not going to be his time
Could Harry become an American citizen?
He would have to renounce his titles
Wednesday
Why is Meghan launching another podcast?
The Duchess of Sussex is nothing if not ambitious and focused on her future
Why is Meghan launching another podcast?
In one of the many quotations spuriously attributed to Winston Churchill, the former prime minister was supposed to have said ‘success is the ability to go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.’ It is a piece of advice – regardless of its origin – that the Duchess of Sussex seems to have absorbed
Tuesday
Lord Byron had many faults, but writing dull letters wasn’t one of them
In 1814, at the height of his fame, the poet, libertine and freedom fighter Lord Byron had his head examined. Not by a proto-psychiatrist but by the German phrenologist and physician Johann Spurzheim, who, after making a detailed study of the no doubt amused Byron’s cranium, pronounced the brain to be ‘very antithetical’ and said
Wednesday
Will anything reconcile William and Harry?
There remains little chance that the brothers will patch up their relationship
Will anything reconcile William and Harry?
In this most eventful of weeks for the Royal Family, the unanticipated return of Prince Harry to Britain has created new drama. Indeed, so unexpected have the tidings of the last few days been that the sudden arrival of the Duke of Sussex at his father’s side yesterday – a seismic and unprecedented event, given the current
Tuesday
Now is the time for Harry to reconcile with King Charles
Amidst the news of King Charles’s cancer diagnosis, there have been any number of reactions, including the sincere sorrow and compassion felt by most of his subjects. Yet, for all of his wealth and privilege – as a certain sneering part of the internet felt the need to point out, few would envy the King the sorrows and
Monday
What should Buckingham Palace do following the King’s cancer diagnosis?
The news, when it came, was as stark as anyone could have imagined. As a Buckingham Palace statement observed: ‘During the King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted.’ And then the line that cannot fail to produce a gulp of empathy. ‘Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a
What should Buckingham Palace do following the King’s cancer diagnosis?
Buckingham Palace is now operating in a very different way to how it has done in the past
Sunday
Netflix rides to the rescue for Meghan and Harry - again
The deal with Archewell Productions is good through 2024
Saturday
Netflix rides to the rescue for Meghan and Harry - again
After a catastrophic 2023, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken some time to regroup and rethink. Now they have decided to grace us with their decision on to how to re-enter the public sphere in glory once again. Send for Netflix! Not that they’ve put it quite like that. Instead, Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s
