It Wasn’t the Kennedy Curse—It Was Kennedy Carelessness SS
On July 16th, 1999, Anne and Richard Bet lost both of their daughters in a single night. Lauren was 34. Carolyn was 33. [snorts] The…
Read moreCharles Was ‘Cold and Impossible’—Long Before Anyone Was Allowed to Say It SS
On the 13th of September, 2022, 5 days after becoming king of the United Kingdom, Charles III stood at Hillsbor Castle near Belfast and prepared…
Read moreWas The Queen Mother Actually Awful? What The Crown Got Right (And Wrong) SS
On March 30th, 2002, more than 200,000 people filed past a coffin in Westminster Hall. They queued for hours, sometimes through the night, to pay…
Read moreWhy Princess Anne Looks Just Like the Aunt She Never Knew SS
Every documentary about Princess Mary tells you she was the last surviving child of King George V. They’re wrong. The Duke of Windsor, that’s Edward…
Read moreThe Queen Mother’s 70 Drinks a Week: How an Alcoholic Lived to 101 SS
At precisely noon each day for nearly 50 years, a ritual began at Clarence House. William Talon, known to everyone as backsters Billy, would prepare…
Read moreEveryone Called Carolyn Bessette Beautiful (I Felt Gaslit) SS
You’ve been told Carolyn bet Kennedy was the most beautiful woman in any room she entered. The magazine said it. The fashion editors repeated it….
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