“Nepo babies” have been a thing in Hollywood since the beginning. Family connections and a parent in the industry = a career in modeling or acting. But in the current era of Hollywood, nepotism has definitely become a next-level issue. Most of the work goes to nepo babies, and the younger generations of nepo babies (the under-30s) are as clueless and tone-deaf about their privilege as can be. So, New York Magazine put “Nepo Babies” on their new cover and people are in their feelings about it.

To be fair, I think some of the younger nepo babies are talented and interesting. I like Maya Hawke (daughter of Ethan and Uma) and I don’t think John David Washington (Denzel and Pauletta’s son) belongs on this list. But Zoe Kravitz? Lily-Rose Depp? Jaden Smith? Dakota Johnson? Kaia Gerber? Burn them!! Or make them go to acting school and actually struggle for a year or two. From Vulture:

In 2022, the internet uncovered a vast conspiracy: Hollywood was run on an invisible network of family ties — and everybody was in on it! Everyone is someone’s kid, but it was as if everybody were somebody’s kid. Euphoria, the buzziest show on television, was created by the son of a major director and co-starred the daughter of another. Actress Maya Hawke was not only born to two famous parents but looked like them, too. Half of Brooklyn’s indie artists had dads with IMDb pages. Even Succession’s Cousin Greg turned out to be the son of one of the guys who designed the Rolling Stones’ lips logo. Aghast, content creators got to work. An unwieldy phrase — “the child of a celebrity” — was reduced to a catchy buzzword: nepo baby. TikTokers produced multipart series about nepo babies who resembled their famous parents, exposés on people you didn’t know were nepo babies (everyone knew), and PSAs urging celebrity parents to roast their nepo babies “to keep them humble.”

[From Vulture]

Vulture also has tons of articles about various nepo babies (who you might not have known are second-generation or third-generation). It’s all pretty exhaustive. I’m glad they’re pointing out that my nemesis Laura Dern is a nepo baby. I’ll admit that Angelina Jolie is a nepo baby too, even though she dropped “Voight” from her stage name and then her legal name. A lot of people suggested that someone should do a “Nepo Baby, but in journalism” piece. I never think about that, but it’s true.

Vulture also f–ked up by posting a photo of Malcolm Washington and labeling him John David Washington (they’re brothers).

Hire black folks, Vulture! 1st photo wasn’t even John David Washington. pic.twitter.com/srhsj5nKi8

— Luiza Levine (@luizalevine) December 19, 2022

Timothée Chalamet catching Nepo Baby strays for being the NEPHEW of the director of LEPRECHAUN 2 is so unserious hsjdhsjsjsjs pic.twitter.com/XFB1Nwg3XW

— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) December 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instar, covers courtesy of New York Magazine, Porter and Elle.

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, still has all of his titles and royal stylings. He still has his sweetheart-deal lease on Royal Lodge, an enormous mansion on the Royal Windsor estate. He still has all kinds of shady friends funneling money to him. He also still has royal protection, both personally and for Royal Lodge. Recently, there were rumors that the Ravec recommendation was for Andrew’s royal protection to be pulled somehow. Something was worked out though – the “taxpayer” will not be footing the bill… in the traditional sense. Apparently, King Charles is going to pay for Andrew’s private security, and Charles will likely pay for the security through one of the monarch’s slush funds. Those same slush funds will not be used when it comes to Prince Harry’s security though. Of course not.

The Duke of York’s private security bill is likely to be funded by the King, despite the monarch’s refusal to pay for Prince Harry’s protection. Prince Andrew is to be stripped of his taxpayer-funded Metropolitan Police protection as he no longer performs public duties. His armed personal protection officers will be replaced by private security guards at an estimated cost of up to £3 million a year.

The King is expected to foot the bill as the Duke has no discernible regular income. Such a move is likely to rankle the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who complained in their Netflix documentary that the withdrawal of their own taxpayer-funded security left their lives in danger.

The Duke of York is said to have written to the Home Office and Scotland Yard to complain about losing his police protection. His entitlement to taxpayer-funded bodyguards was subjected to a full review after he was relieved of his duties as a working royal by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year, shortly before agreeing a hefty financial settlement with Virginia Guiffre, his sex abuse accuser. The Duke of York has always strenuously denied her allegations. While he is understood to have enjoyed the benefits of police protection since then, the deal is believed to be coming to an end.

All decisions about royal security are made by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known as Ravec.

The Duke’s property on the Windsor estate has separate, permanent security arrangements.

Meanwhile, the Duke of York is expected to join fellow royals at their annual pre-Christmas lunch on Tuesday at Windsor Castle. Up to 50 members of the wider family are expected to gather at the castle for the private event, which will be hosted by the King for the first time. The lunch has traditionally been held at Buckingham Palace. It was last held in 2019 after being cancelled for the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Buckingham Palace and a spokesman for the Duke declined to comment.

[From The Telegraph]

Charles has made it clear repeatedly that Andrew is not welcome in royal life or in public life whatsoever. And yet Charles will go out of his way to allow Andrew to keep the sweetheart-lease on Royal Lodge with taxpayer-funded security on the property, plus the king ensures that Andrew will have full private security paid for by the king’s slush fund. Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan have been under constant and mortal danger for the better part of five years, and Charles only gave them a couple of weeks’ notice before yanking their security. Tyler Perry was 100% accurate when he said: “I saw my mother be abused for years. I knew the symptoms, I knew what it was like…This woman was abused and so was he…To use the institution to try and do all the things a batterer would do, like, here’s what we’re gonna do, ‘we’re gonna cut off the money; we’re not gonna leave you security; we’re gonna do all those things to make you comply and come back’.”

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To recap, last Friday, the Sun published a horrifying, violent and racist screed written by Jeremy Clarkson. The screed was aimed at the Duchess of Sussex, and Clarkson fantasized in his column about wanting Meghan to be stripped naked and marched through the streets as people fling feces at her. Meghan just exists and thrives and these disgusting old men feel the need to put their violent fantasies about her into print. Following the publication of that misogynistic fantasy in the Sun, Clarkson faced a wave of condemnation in all quarters except for royal quarters. Clarkson, you see, had just been to lunch with Queen Camilla when he wrote his column, and the palace’s silence on the matter spoke volumes about their complicity, if not Camilla’s explicit order to Clarkson. So, what’s new? Well, the Sun finally removed the column yesterday evening, replacing it with Clarkson’s tweet on the matter:

Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it. In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 19, 2022

This is not an apology or an acknowledgement that writing and publishing violent, racist fantasies about a woman is unacceptable and vile. The Sun seems to be acting as if the removal of the article is the end of the story. It is not. There’s still outrage in the UK and abroad. More than 60 MPs have now written letters to the Sun’s editor – a woman named Victoria Newton – to demand a more formal apology to Meghan and for Clarkson to face serious consequences. Nicola Sturgeon – who was also name-checked in Clarkson’s column – also condemned Clarkson and the column.

So, what will actually be done? Probably next to nothing. Edward Faulks, the conservative minister who chairs Ipso (the Independent Press Standards Organisation), was scheduled to have dinner last night with Rupert Murdoch (owner of the Sun)… but Faulks canceled the dinner when the Guardian called him out. Ipso has received over 12,000 complaints about Clarkson’s column.

IPSO has received more than 12,000 complaints about Jeremy Clarkson’s column on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Read more here: https://t.co/Cu6rZ3gKNa

— Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) (@IpsoNews) December 19, 2022

Following grotesque comments made about the First Minster and The Duchess of Sussex, I do not believe Jeremy Clarkson should be allowed back on our screens. I’ve written to the Chief Executive of @ITV. pic.twitter.com/oUnc3OvhKQ

— JOHN NICOLSON M.P. (@MrJohnNicolson) December 19, 2022

.@NicolaSturgeon condemns Jeremy Clarkson’s “deeply misogynistic, downright awful” comments in a newspaper column regarding Meghan Markle – which also mentions the FM.

She says she “pities” the presenter who is “distorted by hate”.@LBC | @LBCNews pic.twitter.com/qlSUeZ3yqT

— Alan Zycinski (@AlanJZycinski) December 19, 2022

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a brand new project coming out and we didn’t know anything about it before now!! They have executive produced Live to Lead, a docu-series about inspirational people in the world right now. I would assume each episode focuses on individuals like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg, Jacinda Ardern, Siya Kolisi, Gloria Steinem and Albie Sachs. The series includes in-person interviews, meaning they interviewed RBG in 2020, before her death that fall (before the election). In the first trailer for the series, it’s very Sussex-forward:

Netflix notes that the series is “inspired by the iconic legacy of Nelson Mandela, Live to Lead highlights the fundamental values, daily disciplines and guiding principles that leaders employ to motivate others and create meaningful change.” It definitely feels like it’s equal parts Harry and Meghan too – Meghan is a big champion of Jacinda Arden, RBG and Gloria Steinem. Harry has known Siya Kolisi for years. The series is also a project created by the Nelson Mandela Foundation… the same foundation which asked Harry to speak at the United Nations on Nelson Mandela Day over the summer.

Anyway, it looks good, educational and inspiring… but completely uncontroversial. I can’t wait to see what negative talking points are issued by the Windsors about this. One hilarious thing I will admit is that I was wrong and Tom Bower was right about one small thing… Harry probably was invited to speak at the UN because of Netflix. Meaning, Harry and Meghan have clearly been working on Live to Lead for years, and the project originated with the Mandela Foundation, and the foundation clearly thought Harry would be the right person to represent them at the UN over the summer. Therefore, NETFLIX WAS BEHIND EVERYTHING. Did I just blow your mind???

The Foundation is proud to announce the launch of a new Netflix Series on effective leadership in collaboration with Blackwell & Ruth & Archewell Productions, inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela.

Live to Lead premieres December 31 only on @netflix pic.twitter.com/3Ysm5kkvV4

— NelsonMandela (@NelsonMandela) December 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of Netflix.

So on Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith is out and Addison is in. Kate Walsh first came back for a few episodes last season, and now she’s back for more with Ellen Pompeo’s exit. It’s a smart move, bringing back another much-beloved OG character to bolster the storylines of the new interns as Ellen leaves. Addison was always a favorite, so much so that she got her own show, and Kate seems happy to do it. She and some other Grey’s stars caught up with People to talk about what the show will look like in the future without Ellen/Meredith around.

Kate Walsh is excited for the future of Grey’s Anatomy.

The 55-year-old actress, who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC medical drama, told PEOPLE that she hopes the series “continues on” after Ellen Pompeo’s decision to step back.

“The storylines are so strong… The new interns this season, I love that they’re all fallible and messed up, and so that makes it, I think, a lot more interesting,” she said at Thursday’s New York City premiere of Emily in Paris.

“Interns and attendings, you have OG’s come back like me, and that’s been really fun, and also just the writing has never been stronger on the show,” she added.

Walsh also revealed that she had no hesitations about returning to Grey’s Anatomy after talking with showrunner Krista Vernoff.

“They were very empowered about really talking about what’s happening in culture with women and women’s health,” she explained. “And they really went into that, I think, in an incredible way.”

She continued, “So the episodes that I’m working on are so powerful, so I’m really so excited for people to see.”

Earlier this month, Chandra Wilson opened up about the future of Grey’s Anatomy during an interview with E! on the red carpet of the 2022 People’s Choice Awards. The actress, 53, shared that Pompeo’s character, Meredith Grey, will continue to “ebb and flow” through season 19 of the ABC series.

“Meredith never knows what she’s doing so Meredith is taking care of the baby in Boston, that’s what the plans are, but you know things never go as planned on Grey’s Anatomy,” she shared to host Laverne Cox. “Meredith is still a part of every episode, still doing the voiceovers for every episode and she gets to come through, and ebb and flow all through the season.”

She added, “Meredith is always with us.”

In a separate red carpet interview, Pompeo, 53, revealed that fans will still see Meredith on screen a few more times this season following her decision to step back from the series this season to pursue outside projects, including Hulu’s adaptation of the 2009 film Orphan.

“I think I am really just in the finale this year,” she told Cox. “I think we’ve aired six episodes or seven episodes, possibly. Maybe after the winter hiatus, I am in one more, maybe, and then the finale, actually.”

[From People]

I don’t think Kate is just being positive. With the fall of Roe, the storylines she’s getting are strong and very timely as they show the very real effect that will have on women. I know I complained a lot about the too realistic covid season, in which it seemed the characters were often directly monologuing to teach viewers a lesson, but clearly that’s needed now. Also, it makes sense to give Addison juicy storylines because people will want to see a character they know and love dealing with things instead of a new character they don’t know and may not care about yet. The new interns aren’t completely compelling yet, but the show is doing a good job with the reboot concept so far and they seem more committed to it than they ever have before. It’s also interesting to get some further confirmation about what Ellen’s exit will entail. I think continuing to have her do the VoiceOver and appear in the finale to bookend the season will help phase her out slowly and get people used to the idea of the title character leaving after 19 seasons.

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Brooklyn Beckham recently gave an interview to Bustle and it’s a whole mess, but I’ve actually come around on Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham. They’re both products of nepotism and they’ve never had to struggle at anything, but they’re also sort of dumb and harmless? I actually feel sorry for them a little bit because they’re trying to figure out their lives and the British papers are being especially mean to them. So, Brooklyn spoke to Bustle about his Cookin’ With Brooklyn show and how he’s going to do a different show now, where he actually goes into restaurant kitchens and works for a day (lol) and of course he talks a lot about his marriage too. Some highlights:

He’s never called himself a chef: “I’m not a professional chef—at all. I’ve never said that. I never would say that. Obviously, my dad knew what he was doing at a very young age. I’ve only been doing cooking for not even three years.” Brooklyn is, he suggests, a work in progress. The problem is he’s figuring it all out in real time—with the whole world watching. “It’s OK to be 25, 26 or even 30 and not know what you’re doing yet. You know what I mean?”

He & Nicola are not feuding with his parents: “People love to write stuff, always love to write rubbish. And they write it because it goes everywhere and everyone talks about it.” Uh, OK. So Victoria and Nicola are fine? “Yes.”

Why he quit football at 15: “I have a lot of anxiety. And to try and live up to what my dad did, it was just like, it got to the point where I was just, like, I really just want to make my own name for myself and work my arse off. I’m a Pisces. Sensitive.”

He agrees that he’s a Wife Guy: “Definitely, definitely. I mean this is definitely a woman’s world. And guys are just living in it. The girls are in charge.”

Falling in love during the pandemic: “I think it’s so obvious to know when you’ve met the right person,. I think—especially through quarantine—we didn’t get on each other’s nerves.”

He loves looking after Nicola & their dogs: “My parents had me at 23. I’m 23 now. I’ve always wanted to get married young, I’ve always wanted to have kids young—to grow up with my kids when I’m still young.” Is some baby announcement imminent? “My wife is an actress. I think she needs a little bit more time. She wants to work a little bit more [first]. I always said, Whenever you’re ready, I’m ready.”

House-hunting: “Security is a big thing. Everyone wants to feel safe. But I think next year we want to start looking for our own place, like a little house or something. Our personal space—it means the world to us.” According to the New York Post, the couple recently unloaded an $11 million home in Beverly Hills after owning it for less than a year. Maybe it was missing something? “My dream when we get a house,” he says, “is to have a very old-fashioned wine cellar.”

His new gig: Next year, Brooklyn tells me, he’s shooting a new docuseries in which he’ll cook on the line in some established restaurants. Would Brooklyn ever open his own restaurant? Maybe a pub, he says, here in Los Angeles, in a few years. He’s thought about it quite a bit. “Have you been to a proper English pub? You know how there’s low ceilings? Everything’s dark, everything smells of old beer, sticky? But it’s more going to be focused on obviously the aesthetic, the food, and the beer. I want to get the beer imported from Ireland.” Does he have a name for the pub? “Not yet, not yet.It’s going to be something to do with my wife.”

[From Bustle]

Yeah, he’s not going to set the world on fire with a blazing intellect, but also… he’s not mean. He’s not cruel. He’s not arrogant either. He’s just experimenting with different things and trying to figure out his path. As I’ve said before, he would probably be perfectly happy to be Nicola’s house-husband and look after a baby.

This video, omg. He puts a whole salad in a cocktail and then adds too many ice cubes. A total idiot.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

Prince William hasn’t done much of anything since his Boston Flop Tour was such a bust. They tried to declare victory and make a big deal about how glamorous it all was in Boston in December, but you couldn’t escape the sense of panic creeping in. After burning through millions of dollars on a stupid vanity exercise, William didn’t even invite the Earthshot winners to Boston, and then that became the biggest headline from the whole idiotic trip. Since Boston, William has only done two public events – a diplomatic reception at the palace (where there was only one photo of him, weirdly) and Kate’s Together at Christmas keenery. Lazy, work-shy, etc. Hilariously, he did make time to attend a wedding this weekend though. He didn’t invite his wife, probably because the wedding was for one of William’s exes.

Prince William attended the wedding of a former girlfriend today before enjoying an evening of fun with friends – just days after his brother’s Netflix series launched an unprecedented attack on the Royal Family. The Prince of Wales, 40, looked dapper in a black tuxedo and matching bowtie as he slipped in discreetly through the back door to witness the nuptials of Rose Farquhar, 39, in Gloucestershire.

The pair previously dated back in the year 2000, after meeting at the Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire after Wills finished his A-levels at Eton – and were once rumoured to have been caught by a farmer canoodling in a field. Rose is generally considered the Prince’s first serious girlfriend, with him going on to date several women at university before meeting his now-wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales, in 2003. Despite their romance faltering, Rose and William have always stayed on good terms and have often seen each other at society weddings over the years due to their mutual friends.

After dating William, Rose headed to New York where she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute. She is a singer-songwriter who appeared on The Voice in the UK back in 2016, and currently works for the Duchess of Rutland’s Belvoir Castle in a business development role.

Ms Farquhar stunned in a white dress and fur shoulder cape as she tied the knot with George Gemmell at St Mary the Virgin church in Gloucestershire on Saturday.

[From The Daily Mail]

“They were happy to lie to protect my brother…” What’s crazy is now the British media only “have” Peg and Kitty to play with and the media is still pulling their punches on them. There really is a wealth of information indicating William and Kate’s separation, yet no one will say any of it outright. I think it’s really strange that William always goes to his ex-girlfriends’ weddings alone – he did the same thing with Jecca Craig (who was his actual first girlfriend) when he went down to Kenya for Jecca’s 2016 wedding. He missed Charlotte’s first Easter too.

Prince William attends wedding of former girlfriend Rose Farquhar
https://t.co/GAOUjXAl1o

— Kate Mansey (@KateMansey) December 17, 2022

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You can always tell when the Middletons are especially worried about something, because suddenly Gary Goldsmith is giving interviews. It happened a lot last year after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Oprah interview – following the interview, Kate’s dodgy uncle Gary was sent out to say despicable sh-t about Meghan. But Gary is positive too, it’s not all unhinged diss tracks – he talked openly about how Charles and Camilla shouldn’t be king and queen, that William and Kate need to be the monarchs now, and that Kate is “brilliant” as a partner and peacemaker. I’m actually a little bit surprised that Gary was dusted off to do the Middletons’ dirty work right now, considering Kate was largely blanked in the Sussexes’ Netflix series. It’s possible the Middletons are unsettled right now about other things. Curious. Anyway, some highlights from Dodgy Uncle Gary’s latest interview with the Mail:

Gary’s reaction to the Netflix series: ‘Wow. To begin with, I found myself mesmerised, but after seeing the final three episodes I now feel slightly sullied and dirty. The whole thing just beggars belief. To me, the series felt not only scripted and inauthentic, but unfair, self-interested, unreasonable and untrue — especially when done in the knowledge that William and Catherine could never answer back. They promised bombs, but it wasn’t exactly the Blitz was it? More like a series of hissy fits and throwing toys out of the pram.’

Gary says Kate is a hugger: ‘At her younger sister Pippa’s wedding in 2017, she had Prince George in her arms and literally ran over to give me and my daughter Tallulah a massive hug.’

The Keens would welcome the Sussexes back: ‘I think Catherine and William will be feeling deeply wounded. They love Harry, they miss him. He is family and, despite this attack, I believe they’d still welcome him and Meghan back. There’s nothing Catherine would want more than for the brothers to be reconciled because that’s the real love story here. Two brothers who love each other but have been torn apart. No one wants Prince Harry to be unhappy. No one wants to see Meghan so depressed she felt like taking her life, but is this really the best way to go about repairing relationships?

The Keens have the real love story!! ‘The real fairy-tale love story is Catherine and William. They are now working together as a cohesive unit while the other fairy-tale couple in America are being massively disruptive.’

Kate isn’t cold: ‘As her uncle, I can tell you that this presentation of Kate as cold is just laughable. Everybody loves Kate, she is the most beautiful girl; even more beautiful on the inside than out. She’s got a big heart and desperately wants the boys to get back together. You could see that at the funeral of Prince Philip. When it was the three of them together you could see the bond. Kate is really welcoming and such a gorgeous girl, so to imply she’s cold was really hard, a bitter pill to swallow. If this is where Meghan starts, then there where is it going to end?’

He thinks Meghan is jealous of Kate: ‘I think, if anything, it is Meghan who is jealous of Kate because she makes it look effortless — when it is, as Meghan discovered, such hard work. I think Kate is perfect for this job. She was born for it and the partnership she has got with William is fantastic.

[From The Daily Mail]

I’m still chuckling at “if anything, it is Meghan who is jealous of Kate.” LMAO. Yes, it’s definitely not the other way around, of course not. It’s not like Kate was in a full-blown panic for years, it’s not like Kate isn’t still copying Meghan’s style, it’s not like Kate obsessively creates lookbooks and records full of Meghan’s clothes, her events, her jewelry, her behavior so that Kate can reference Meghan visually at every event. As for the rest of it… the Middletons have been seriously unsettled for a while and Gary’s interviews are always indicative of something going on behind-the-scenes.

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King Charles really is so dumb – for months now, Charles has been doing this “let’s wait and see” game about whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be invited to his coronation. He’s been playing the same stupid game about whether he’ll remove Lili and Archie’s royal titles too. The play here, from a PR perspective, should be magnanimity not pettiness. Charles should go overboard to be seen as a generous and loving father and grandfather. That way, if Prince Harry refuses anything or turns down invitations, it will look like Harry is the petty one, like Harry is the one forcing the estrangement. Charles and his people are not chess players, they’re incapable of thinking three moves ahead, let’s just say that. Anyway, Charles must have been pleased that Harry didn’t call him out too hard in the Netflix series, because Charles is now making it known that the Sussexes will be invited to the coronation.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be invited to the Coronation of King Charles III despite their public criticism of the Royal family, The Telegraph has learned. The Sussexes – who used their Netflix documentary to make a series of serious allegations against the palace and their family – will be included in the ceremony on May 6 if they wish to attend.

Neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace has responded to claims made in the series, including that the Prince of Wales “screamed and shouted” at his brother and briefed the media against him. They await further disclosures in Prince Harry’s memoir on Jan 10.

The palace will also not respond to public calls for the removal of the couple’s titles, it is understood, despite growing demands from critics for them to stop using Duke and Duchess of Sussex in their new lives.

Sources have said working members of the family intend to maintain “dignity” in the face of public criticism, continuing their engagements without further comment.

The Coronation will take place at Westminster Abbey, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. King Charles III will be crowned alongside the Queen Consort, with details of the involvement of other senior members of the Royal family to be confirmed closer to the time.

The Telegraph understands that the Sussexes have not yet received a formal invitation, in common with others, but a source said: “All members of the family will be welcome.”

The Prince of Wales is known to be closely involved in the planning, but it is unclear whether the Duke of Sussex will play a formal role. The date of the Coronation falls on the birthday of the Duke’s son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, who will be turning four.

[From The Telegraph]

It should be “falls on the birthday of the Duke’s son, Prince Archie…” Archie is a prince right now, per the George V Letters Patent. Archie and Lili are the king’s grandchildren, automatically HRHs and prince and princess. Which is the next big fight, only Harry and Meghan aren’t fighting. This is Charles’s one-sided war. Anyway, I thought Charles was going to wait and see the reaction to Harry’s Spare memoir before deciding all of this. I guess someone finally got through to Charles that he’s a literal king and he should stop being so petty and reactive. Ten bucks says that over the next five months, there will be an outpouring of commentary pieces about how Charles should “uninvite the Sussexes!”

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Netflix.

On Friday, Richard Eden at the Daily Mail had a weird exclusive. The headline? “EXCLUSIVE: Camilla’s VERY glamorous private party: Dame Judi Dench, Piers Morgan, Claudia Winkleman and Jeremy Clarkson join Queen Consort at star-studded Mayfair lunch as she proves Meghan isn’t the only royal with pulling power.” These people are all desperados, not just Eden but Camilla and all of the “stars” she lunched with. The invite list was a who’s who of racists, liars, dumbasses and misogynists. Piers Morgan was there, Jeremy Clarkson was there, Judi Dench, Claudia Winkleman, Hugh Bonneville and Chris Evans (the British one) were all there. The lunch happened last Wednesday (December 14).

So, it was bad enough that Camilla was openly consorting with Piers Morgan, an unhinged racist with an unhealthy fixation on the Duchess of Sussex. If Camilla was trying to one-up Meghan’s star power – lmao – this is a pretty rancid group, and all this invite list proves is that everyone in Salt Island is obsessed with Meghan. But wait, it gets worse. Just 48 hours after Camilla had lunch with these people, one of her guests wrote a violent screed against Meghan in the Sun. No, it wasn’t Piers. It was Jeremy Clarkson. Behold, one of the most violent, hateful, racist and misogynistic rants I’ve ever seen in print in a mainstream media outlet:

We all know in our heart of hearts that Harold Markle is a slightly dim but fun-loving chin who flew Apache helicopter gunships in Afghanistan and cavorted around Las Vegas hotel rooms with naked hookers. But then along came Meghan, who obviously used some vivid bedroom promises to turn him into a warrior of woke.

And now it seems that she has her arm so far up his bottom, she can use her fingers to alter his facial expressions.

I actually feel rather sorry for him because today he’s just a glove puppet with no more control over what he says or does than Basil Brush.

Meghan, though, is a different story. I hate her. Not like I hate Nicola Sturgeon or Rose West. I hate her on a cellular level.

At night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, “Shame!” and throw lumps of excrement at her. Everyone who’s my age thinks the same way.

[From The Sun]

This is who was invited to lunch with Camilla, the same woman who gaslighted and manipulated a teenage Diana. Camilla would brief the media about what was happening in Charles and Diana’s marriage, and she was one of the main briefers about Diana being “unstable.” I can only imagine what was said at Wednesday’s lunch. I imagine Clarkson got his talking points and so did Piers Morgan. As for Clarkson’s words… a deeply unwell man. He’s so racist, he has to come up with an excuse for why he finds Meghan attractive, so he acts like she’s a witch manipulating Harry with her sexuality. Then the sh-t about parading Meghan naked… again, I cannot believe this made it to print. I can’t believe he wrote this the same day he had lunch with Queen Camilla. I am f–king begging British people to get some f–king therapy.

flicking through The S*n while I was waiting in a caff and read this by clarkson. In what world is something so vicious and unhinged allowed to be printed? completely vindicates everything in #HarryandMeghanNetflix pic.twitter.com/aDXA2nc6J1

— Hannah Stacey (@hanstacey) December 17, 2022

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