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Princess Diana once revealed that King Charles was disappointed when Prince Harry was born because he had hoped for a daughter.

Princess Diana Kept The Gender Of Their Second Child A Secret

The couple already had Prince William, who was born in June 1982, and he was set to be his heir to the throne. When Harry was born, Charles wasn’t shy about making his displeasure known.

Charles’s first comment upon seeing Harry after his birth in September 1984 was said to have been, “Oh, God, it’s a boy,” and he added, “And he’s even got red hair.”

Princess Diana first shared this shocking tidbit with her biographer, Andrew Morton, who wrote the book “Diana: Her True Story,” published in 1992.

“Charles always wanted a girl. He wanted two children, and he wanted a girl,”

The then Princess of Wales admitted.

“I knew Harry was going to be a...

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Before Meghan Markle became the Duchess of Sussex, she had a past filled with ambition, talent, a successful career, and a former husband. Yes, before marrying Prince Harry, Markle was married to Trevor Engelson from 2011 to 2013. The marriage ended years before her royal nuptials with Prince Harry. It wasn’t until her relationship with Prince Harry became public in 2016 that her former marriage made headlines.

Meghan Markle in Suits | Credit: USA Network

Born on August 4, 1981, in Los Angeles, Meghan Markle pursued a career in acting. She is best known for her role in the legal drama, Suits. She started dating Prince Harry in 2016 and tied the knot in 2018. But what about Markle’s former husband? Want to know more about it? Let’s take a look.

Wedding to Trevor Engelson Meghan Markle in Suits | Credit: USA Network

Meghan met Engelson,...

King George V passed away eighty- nine years ago today, on January 20, 1936. Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather was monarch for twenty-six years after significantly modernizing the monarchy.

King George V Made An Enormous Impact On The History Of The Royal Family

The King changed the royal family’s name to Windsor, which was applied not only to the name of the “House” or “dynasty” but also became their official surname.

George V also started the annual Christmas radio broadcast tradition and made the monarchy more accessible to the public and working class. He navigated Britain through the First World War. As King, he accomplished a great deal.

His importance to the history of the monarchy is part of why the circumstances of his death have been closely examined, and claims were made fifty years following his passing.

In 1986, it was revealed that George V had been “euthanized” by his doctor,...

King Charles and Princess Kate’s 2024 annus horribilis may have surpassed the Queen’s 1992 fiasco. Queen Elizabeth II had a year from hell.

1992 Was The Queen’s “Annus Horribilis”

Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, and Princess Anne all got divorced, and scandals rocked the royal family. Also, a devastating fire destroyed part of Windsor Castle, and the public turned against the royals.

Royal author Andrew Morton wrote the book Diana: Her True Story,” which divulged Charles’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

The scandals were tabloid fodder and brought negative publicity to the monarchy. Four days after the fire at the castle, the Queen gave her famous “annus horribilis speech.”

The Queen never referred to her family personally, but what she talked about was obvious.

She started,

“1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.”

The Queen continued,

“In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,...

When Prince Harry first dated Meghan Markle, he wanted to introduce his family to her acting work. He played an edited version of “Suits” for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.

The Queen Encouraged Meghan To Continue Her Acting Career

Meghan played paralegal Rachel Zane in the popular legal drama and departed the show when her relationship with Harry became serious.

Harry had hoped that seeing Meghan in action would “help them understand more clearly what their grandson saw in her,” explained royal biographer Andrew Morton, who wrote the book, “Meghan: A Hollywood Princess.”

Morton said that Meghan quickly became a “sensation,” suddenly, everyone wanted to know more about the woman who captured Prince Harry’s heart and would later become the next royal bride.

In 2017, Meghan was invited to Christmas at Sandringham, as the Queen broke royal tradition that only spouses married to royals would be invited.

Her Majesty...

The royal family has their annual Christmas at Sandringham, which has been a long-held tradition started by Queen Elizabeth II. There have been many Christmases when royal rows ensued, as well as some surprises.

Princess Diana Loathed Christmas At Sandringham

Princess Diana famously loathed Christmas at Sandringham ever since her first experience at the Norfolk estate for the holidays.

Christmas 1980 wasn’t so merry for Diana when she generously purchased cashmere sweaters and other thoughtful gifts for the royals. She was pregnant with Prince William at the time but still took the time to gather presents for everyone.

She gave Princess Anne a beautiful sweater, and in return, she received a toilet paper holder. Diana was not amused. The royal family gives each other gag gifts for Christmas, and the funnier, the better, but Diana didn’t like it.

In 1994, two years after officially separating from Charles, the Princess of Wales...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not asked to Christmas at Sandringham with the rest of the royal family. As an alternative, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are likely to spend the holiday in the US with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Harry And Meghan Haven’t Spent Christmas With The Royal Family Since 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle haven’t spent Christmas with the royal family in the UK since 2018. They were also excluded from Trooping the Color in June.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, their three children, George, Charlotte, Louis, and other royal family members will spend Christmas at Sandringham.

King Charles is said to be planning a festive celebration. Every year, the royals head to Sandringham House for the holidays. Queen Elizabeth II started this tradition, and her son, Charles, continued it.

The royal family enjoys many wintertime traditions. Luminate is an after-dark, illuminated trail...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry almost certainly have something special planned for Christmas.

But for the sixth straight year, those plans will not involve Harry’s family.

Yes, it seems that once again, Harry and Meghan will be excluded from the royals’ holiday celebrations.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on the long Walk at Windsor Castle arrive to view flowers and tributes to Hm Queen Elizabeth on September 10, 2022 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Harry and Meghan’s Christmas Snub

For over a century, the royal family has gathered at Sandringham Castle in Norfolk for their Yuletide festivities.

And for most of that time the exclusion of members of the monarch’s immediate family would have been unimaginable.

But the royals have made it a habit of disrupting traditions when it comes to Harry and Meghan.

And according to a new report from People magazine,...

Princess Diana’s November 1995 Kensington Palace. The bombshell interview shocked the world as Diana spoke about the most intimate details of her life.

Diana Was Candid About Her Experiences With The Royal Family

The Princess of Wales made history by confirming that Prince Charles was having a tryst with Camilla Parker Bowles. “There were three of us in the marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” she admitted. It was the final nail in the coffin of Diana and Charles’s messy marriage.

In the interview, Diana was candid about her experiences with the royal family and the lack of support she received. She talked about her postpartum depression and how she tried to harm herself.

She revealed her struggles with bulimia. In secret tapes recorded for Andrew Morton, which became the book, “Diana: Her True Story,” she spoke of when her eating disorder started. Apparently, Prince Charles told her...

Prince Harry did not hold back on the name calling in his book ‘Spare,’ but perhaps the most damaging accusation he made towards his stepmother Queen Camilla is that he and King Charles threw him to the press in the bid to improve their press image.

He may have wanted to deliver a backhanded slap, but an expert is convinced that it hurt his reputation as much as it hurt Camilla’s.

Prince Harry Forced Country To Take Sides With “Incendiary Comments”

At present, Prince Harry refuses to let go of his lawsuit against certain UK newspaper publishers, and he’s ready to drag his family down if it means he comes out victorious. This, of course, has created a sort of controversial image for the 40-year-old.

In a new Channel 4 documentary, a panel of experts dismissed the Prince’s claims that he’s been hacked.

During the discussion,...

Meghan Markle is on the receiving end of some very harsh words from Tina Brown.

As you may know, Brown is one of the world’s most highly regarded royal journalists. She’s penned multiple bestsellers on the subject of the Windsor clan, and she’s considered one of the foremost experts on the family.

In other words, Tina Brown talks, the royals tend to listen. And they’re probably very much enjoying her recent takedown of Meghan and Prince Harry.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex speaks onstage during the Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen panel during the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 08, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) Tina Brown Goes Off on Meghan Markle

As we previously reported, Meghan and Harry are less popular than ever among Brits. And according to Brown, it’s all Meghan’s fault.

Suits will always be one of the greatest shows ever made! From start to finish, several elements contributed to the series’ success, and the duo Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle’s relationship on screen most certainly ranks in the top five!

Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane and Patrick J. Adams as Michael Ross in Suits | Credit: Suits/USA Network

While the duo had undeniable chemistry on-screen, it turns out they were also “uncomfortably” close off-screen. Here’s a look inside their strong friendship, which seemed to be more than just that. Also are they still friends?

Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle’s Chemistry Stole the Show at Her Own Wedding!

Rachel Zane and Mike Ross will go down as one of the best couples in television history, no doubt about it! While Louis Litt, Harvey Specter, and Donna were the obvious scene-stealers, the chemistry between Rachel and Mike also drew in many viewers.

Casting director Robert Sterne has been with Netflix’s hit drama “The Crown” for all six seasons — and even though the show has concluded, he continues to be asked about acting opportunities. “I still get letters saying, ‘Please, can I be Meghan Markle?’” he says. “And I think, ‘Well, the moment’s gone.’”

While the acclaimed program just concluded, the journey began nine years ago for Sterne. “It started with us sitting around a table talking about it, and now here we are,” says the U.K.-based CD who worked closely with series creator Peter Morgan throughout. “We were discussing how it was going to work, the idea of casting it again every two years. I think it was better than using ever-increasing layers of makeup. It was, in many ways, an experiment.”

And it’s one that’s paid off; in its six seasons, “The Crown” has won...

British royal family news reveals that Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl of Spencer, is the younger brother of the late Princess Diana.

It was at her funeral that Spencer became known to much of the world, and he walked behind her casket along with Prince William and Prince Harry.

He is the youngest of four children born into the life of privilege enjoyed by British aristocrats. But his upper crust life has been filled with tragedy and these are the top things to know about this controversial figure.

Royal Family News – Charles Is The Late Diana’s Brother

Charles Spencer played a twisted role in Diana’s infamous 1995 BBC interview with Martin Bashir.

The interview rocked the monarchy, with a heavily made-up Diana firing all sorts of truth bombs about the royals and her failing marriage to King Charles.

Decades on, Spencer claimed that Bashir contacted him and “groomed him...

Tom Cruise is known for his fearless heart, often executing challenging stunt sequences in his movies. Just like his professional career, his personal life has also garnered attention, as he went through three marriages. Cruise first tied the knot with actress Mimi Rogers, but their love story was short-lived.

Tom Cruise in Cocktail (1988)

However, the post-breakup phase was quite intriguing as she appeared to retract her words after making a shocking revelation about Cruise. This allegedly even contributed to their divorce.

Mimi Rogers Revealed the Alleged Reason Behind Her Divorce With Tom Cruise

Mimi Rogers delivered exceptional performances in the 1980s-1990s, leading her to prominence. Her projects include Full Body Massage (1995), The Rapture (1991), Desperate Hours (1990), and Someone to Watch Over Me (1987).

Suggested“With nothingness behind the eyes”: Tom Cruise Unknowingly Created One of the Greatest Hollywood Roles That’s Now Witnessing a Cultural Renaissance

As the actress was...

British royal family news reveals that Princess Kate has achieved Yeti status due to her disappearance from public life and the vast speculation that’s caused.

Conspiracy theorists went off the rails on Sunday after a photo of her, no doubt meant to calm the waters, was “killed” by news agencies hours later. The image was manipulated by the source they said, and news of Kate’s death roared again.

Of course there is no reason to believe anything untoward about the princess, Kensington Palace said she would not be seen until after Easter following a January “planned abdominal surgery.” That being said, here are five other times the monarchy has chosen to play the public and not tell the whole truth. To their detriment.

Royal Family News – Prince William

In early 2020 it was announced that King Charles had Covid, all good in the name of transparency.

Then the rumor...

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The coronation of King Charles and the success of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, spurred renewed interest in the Royal Family last year, with many books about the British monarchy re-appearing on the bestseller charts. Now, new speculation around Kate Middleton and Charles’ ailing health, have once again made the British Royals the talk of well… the entire world.

Spare generated its fair share of headlines (and controversy...

The Royal Family scandal of the infamous love triangle between Princess Diana, Prince Charles (now King), and then-Camilla Shand (now Queen Camilla) is one that no person doesn’t know about, with the then-Prince of Wales at the center of it all. It was a long raging one that ultimately ended with Charles and Camilla reuniting and finally finding their respective places on the thrones.

Queen Camilla and King Charles. Credit: @theroyalfamily | Ig

However, amidst all the pain and agony that the late Diana suffered because of this extramarital affair at the end of the now-king, there was a time when she quite literally confronted the now-queen about it all. And while she did admit how terrified she was of Shand while confronting her, all of it also helped ease the late Princess of Wales’ pain in ways more than one.

The Time Princess Diana Confronted Queen Camilla About...

Ahead of his upcoming film, The Undertaker, the former Time Lord answers your questions about Doctor Who, Withnail, and being competitive with his actor brothers

I played Proculeius in the school production of Anthony and Cleopatra where you played the lead. Clearly you’ve had more success as a thesp than me! What can you remember about it and our English teacher Joe Hartley? caseball

I can still smell the Tanfastic – the 70s fake stuff we’d smother ourselves in so we looked like Romans. I remember the excitement of having real girls over from Broughton Hall [Catholic high school, in Liverpool] to play the queen and women. Joe Hartley – his patience must have been saint-like. His love for poetry was infectious. I’d never heard of Rada until he mentioned it. I can remember him saying that Glenda Jackson went there and being really impressed, because Glenda was the Queen of England and also one of our own.

rom young boys bonded by their unique positions and the tragic death of their mother, to grown men with obvious tension, Prince William and Prince Harry‘s relationship has become more strained in recent years.

Even before Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made the decision to step away from royal life and relocate to America in 2020, the brothers showed signs of a serious rift. Today, the sons of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana are more divided than ever — but it wasn’t always like that.

Harry and William both attended their father’s coronation on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey in London, England, marking the first time they were together since their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral last year. The brothers did not speak or have any interaction with one another.

Harry attended the coronation solo — while Meghan and their two children — Archie, who turned 4 on Saturday,...

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The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla is scheduled for Saturday, May 6, marking the first time that the ceremony will be livestreamed. Coverage in the U.S. begins at 2 a.m. Pt / 5 a.m. Et, one hour before the historic event begins.

Taking place at Westminster Abbey in London, the royal ceremony will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and “will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” according to an official release from Buckingham Palace. Prince Harry (who released his New York Times-bestselling memoir, Spare, in January) is confirmed to attend his father’s coronation, while his wife, Meghan Markle, will remain at their home in California.

U.K. viewers...

Humphrey Bogart is practically the face of film noir. While not quite a genre, the very flexible film movement reflected America's malaise following the Great Depression and eventually World War II. There was a grimness and heightened sense of realism to the movies, often made on lower budgets and with a documentary intensity. Even when the movies ended happily, as many did, the feelings unearthed in the telling of the story would be left unresolved to gnaw at viewers indefinitely.

Bogart, the Broadway actor turned B-movie character actor turned one of the biggest stars in the world, fit the mood perfectly. His scars and trademark lisp separated him from his more conventionally beautiful peers and gave him a natural feel for the hardboiled material. His way with dialogue — spat out with ferocity or tenderness — colored the films as well. His cinematic stature, helped by his refusal to do television, also...

When Andrew Morton’s much-divisive bestseller, Diana: Her True Story, hit bookshelves in 1992, most people, excluding those afflicted by a rather rare case of reasonable doubt and a penchant for hearing two sides of the story, wrote it off as a pathos-packed money-grabber. And, since the unanimous verdict of the world at large, more often than not, is seen as the word, Diana’s tumultuous story – a story that she reportedly had a hand in bringing to life on paper – sadly remained only an entertaining piece of fiction, with maybe some facts thrown into the well-crafted picture sporadically as a way of making the work seem credible.

The Crown season 5 introduces James Colthurst as the middleman between Princess Diana and Andrew Morton during the process of writing the book Diana: Her True Story. What the show does not include is the long history of friendship that James Colthurst and Diana shared, beginning in adolescence and continuing through Colthurst's recollections. More than just a deliveryman for the tapes that helped shape Morton's book, James Colthurst was an emotional pillar for Diana through the worst of her marriage, and influenced her philanthropic efforts with educating the public on HIV.

James Colthurst, himself the son of a Baronet, shared mutual friends with Princess Diana (then the daughter of a Viscount) since youth. Although he only appears briefly in one episode of The Crown, he was a major force in encouraging Diana to speak her side of the story and eventually leave her unhappy marriage with Charles. To this day,...

According to ‘The Crown’ consultant Andrew Morton, 74-year-old monarch once brokedanced in Brazil with topless women.

King Charles III, who was known as Prince Charles before he acceded to the throne upon the death of Queen Elizabeth in September, is played by Dominic West in Netflix hit ‘The Crown’ where he was depicted carrying out the street dance at a charity event in a new episode and Andrew has claimed he once took his talent abroad, reports aceshowbiz.com

He told Entertainment Tonight: “I found it fascinating. They asked me the most specific questions – like the colour of the wallpaper. What I learned is they do take liberties, but a lot of truth. Yes, (he can break dance)! He breakdanced in Brazil with topless ladies!”

In the new fifth season episode of ‘The Crown’, King Charles III is seen ‘breakdancing to 1992 hip hop track ‘Don’t Sweat the Technique...

The storylines in the fifth season of The Crown have provoked much backlash, from scenes showing the former Prince Charles trying to force the Queen’s abdication to others suggesting Prince Philip was unfaithful to the late monarch.

Prominent figures, including Judi Dench, have demanded that the drama carry a disclaimer to make clear that the events of the series aren’t entirely factual. While The Crown actor Jonathan Pryce, has called these reactions to the show “hugely disappointing”, claiming that viewers know it’s a drama, not a documentary.

Some of the storylines in season five are pretty close to the truth. Others, not so much.

Here’s a full rundown of what is covered in each episode of The Crown season five, and links to our articles about what’s fact versus what’s fiction in the series.

Episode one: Queen Victoria Syndrome

In the first instalment of the new series,...

Warning: contains spoilers for The Crown season 5.

The Crown and historical accuracy enjoy a fleeting rather than steadfast acquaintance. Peter Morgan’s Netflix drama concertinas history and jumps between time periods to follow emotional and symbolic through-lines rather than sticking to the recorded facts and timelines. “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization…” goes the proviso at the top of Season Five. School pupils shouldn’t rely on it to do their history homework, is the general consensus.

That established, below is the timeline of the 1991 – 1997 period depicted in Season Five according to the TV drama, with the odd note on where episodes diverge from what we know to be the real-life sequence of events.

As a reminder, Season four covered ‘The Thatcher Years’, running from Margaret Thatcher’s election as prime minister of Great Britain in May 1979 to her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party in November 1990, after...

Amid allegations that “The Crown” Season 5 is “exploitative” of the royal family, Princess Diana biographer Andrew Morton stands by the conspiracy theories presented in the tense season, which shows the divorce of Diana and then-Prince Charles.

“The Crown’ shows the sense of unnamed and anonymous watchers and it’s absolutely true,” Morton told The Daily Beast. “There is no need for [creator] Peter Morgan to make anything up.”

In fact, the series is so accurate that Morton found Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the ill-fated Princess Diana, to be “unnerving.?

“I was blown away by how authentic Elizabeth Debicki was in her portrayal of Diana,” Morton, who wrote the biography “Diana: Her True Story,” said. “It was like being back in the room with her 30 years ago. It was unnerving. It was like being with a ghost. It spoke to me very clearly.”

Throughout Season 5 of the hit Netflix series, Diana...

Warning: Contains spoilers for The Crown season 5.

The Crown season 5 depicts Princess Diana’s paranoia that her phone has been bugged and she’s being spied on. Throughout the season 5, Diana fears that her phone calls are being listened to, and this eventually comes to a head in episodes 7 and 8, when Martin Bashir preys on the Princess of Wales’ worries to help secure her infamous Panorama interview. Although the storyline added lots of intrigue to The Crown season 5, the series sometimes strays from the facts leaving it unclear whether Diana's phone was really bugged.

The depictions of Diana’s paranoia about her phone being bugged in The Crown season 5 do have a basis in reality. There is evidence that Diana’s phone calls were recorded at least once, and some have suggested that her phone being bugged was a real fear of the Princess of Wales towards the end of her life.

"The Crown" season five covers some of the royal family's biggest headline-making moments from the 1990s, including Andrew Morton's Princess Diana memoir, Prince Charles's BBC interview, Diana and Charles's divorce, and more. But episode two features a death that most people probably didn't know anything about, though it has major repercussions for the rest of the season.

Who Is Leonora Knatchbull?

In the first episode of the season, Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) and Charles (Dominic West) go on their "second honeymoon" on a yacht in Italy. They bring Prince William (Senan West) and Prince Harry (Will Powell) with them, as well as some of the family's friends, the Knatchbulls. Norton Knatchbull (Elliot Cowan), then known as Lord Romsey, is the godson of Prince Philip (Jonathan Pryce). His wife is Penny Knatchbull (Natascha McElhone), and they share three children together: Nicholas, Alexandra, and Leonora.

During episode one, Diana and Charles...

The storylines in the fifth season of The Crown have provoked much backlash, from scenes showing the former Prince Charles trying to force the Queen’s abdication to others suggesting Prince Philip was unfaithful to the late monarch.

Prominent figures, including Judi Dench, have demanded that the drama carry a disclaimer to make clear that the events of the series aren’t entirely factual. While The Crown actor Jonathan Pryce, has called these reactions to the show “hugely disappointing”, claiming that viewers know it’s a drama, not a documentary.

Some of the storylines in season five are pretty close to the truth. Others, not so much.

Here’s a full rundown of what is covered in each episode of The Crown season five, and links to our articles about what’s fact versus what’s fiction in the series.

Episode one: Queen Victoria Syndrome

In the first instalment of the new series,...

Warning: Spoilers for The Crown Season 5 Finale - "Decommissioned"

The ending of The Crown season 5 centers on Queen Elizabeth II's (Imelda Staunton) dramatic feelings of obsolescence while Prince Charles (Dominic West) fruitlessly campaigns for greater stature as the future King and the tragic fate of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) hangs in the air. The Prince and Princess of Wales formally divorced in The Crown season 5, episode 9, "Couple 31." The rest of the Royal Family shifted to the background as their stories wrapped up in The Crown season 5, but Mohamed Al Fayed (Salim Daw) and Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla) took center stage in the finale.

The Crown season 5 saw Queen Elizabeth facing her failures as the sovereign and as a mother, which were crystallized in her "annus horribilis" of 1992 with the collapses of 3 royal marriages - Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Princess Anne (Claudia Harrison) and Mark Phillips, along with Charles...

The storylines in the fifth season of The Crown have provoked much backlash, from scenes showing the former Prince Charles trying to force the Queen’s abdication to others suggesting Prince Philip was unfaithful to the late monarch.

Prominent figures, including Judi Dench, have demanded that the drama carry a disclaimer to make clear that the events of the series aren’t entirely factual. The Crown actor Jonathan Pryce, meanwhile, has called these reactions to the show “hugely disappointing”, claiming that viewers know it’s a drama, not a documentary.

Some of the storylines in season five are pretty close to the truth. Others, not so much.

Here’s a full rundown of what will be covered in each episode of The Crown season five, and links to our articles about what’s fact versus what’s fiction in the series.

Episode one: Queen Victoria Syndrome

In the first instalment of the new series,...

Royal biographer Andrew Morton has praised Elizabeth Debicki’s performance as Princess Diana in The Crown season five.

The Netflix series returned on Wednesday (9 November) with a new season and a new cast.

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Princess Diana, who was first introduced in season four played by Emma Corrin, is now being portrayed by Australian actor Debicki.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (9 November), writer Morton, who worked with Diana on his 1992 book Diana: Her True Story, said that Debicki reminded him of the royal he had known.

“I don’t say this slightly but that performance really conveys the Diana I got to know for a couple of years in the early 1990s,” he said.

“I was struck just watching the episode about how the paper I typed the book on was the same paper, the typeface was the same.

Late in the fifth season of Netflix’s The Crown, Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) asks her grandson William (Senan West) for help with the complicated remote control for the palace’s new satellite dish. As William flips through the many new channels in search of the BBC, Her Royal Majesty briefly finds herself watching Beavis and Butt-head. Much like one of her predecessors, she is not amused.

It is the Nineties, and Elizabeth has agreed to get the satellite dish because her old TV and antenna are no longer up to snuff.

'Even the televisions are metaphors in this place," says Queen Elizabeth II when her ancient TV suddenly goes on the fritz, its screen fuzzy and fading. It's a cheeky, winking little line from the writers of "The Crown" as the series enters an era of decline for the royal family. Things are falling apart left and right, including people's bodies, as the characters age into health problems and general malaise. It was a stroke of genius to frequently recast the characters of "The Crown" as they age because it hammers home the inevitable passage of time; the sense that the clock is always ticking, and sooner or later, it's going to run out for everyone.

As usual, "The Crown" follows Elizabeth and her immediate family as they deal with the ever-changing times. I've long felt "The Crown" is the spiritual successor to "Mad Men" (though not nearly as good as...

Is it possible to square loving The Crown with ambivalence about the “crown”? This has always been the fine line that Netflix’s behemoth has straddled. A fussy, at times unlikeable, protagonist, carrying the flag for institutions that, at the most charitable, represent hereditary privilege, and, at the less forgiving end of the spectrum, the atrocities of the British Empire. As mitigation, the show’s creator Peter Morgan has turned the central figure, Elizabeth II, into a prism through which to view the 20th century. From the twilight of Empire through the Cold War, by way of crises in Suez and Falklands, Aberfan and the Troubles. A noble solution, until, that is, you run out of history.

And so we find ourselves now, with the show’s fifth outing, firmly in the recent memory. John Major is prime minister. Prince Charles (Dominic West) is a jug-eared familiar, and Anne (Claudia Harrison...

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Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since it was first announced last year, is coming out Jan. 10.

The book will be called Spare and is being billed by Penguin Random House as an account told with “raw, unflinching honesty” and filled with “insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.”

In a statement released Thursday, Penguin Random House summoned memories of the stunning 1997 death of Prince Harry’s mother, Diana, and the subsequent image of Harry and his brother “walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow — and horror.”

“As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling — and how their lives would play out from that point on,” the statement reads in part.

“For Harry, this is his story at last.

There is plenty to be excited about regarding the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, especially the events it will cover. The Crown depicts the life of Queen Elizabeth II and the state of the United Kingdom during her reign, and the recent death of the Queen has increased buzz surrounding the upcoming season, which was for a time meant to be the show’s last. Netflix's The Crown cycles out the actors who play each role every two seasons, and season 5 welcomes a new cast for the show, including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip, Dominic West as Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana. After the premiere of the Netflix show’s season 5 trailer, excitement is high for its upcoming release and the revelations of what the season will cover.

Though it isn’t explicitly known yet what events will be covered...

The Crown's Elizabeth Debicki addresses concerns regarding how Princess Diana's death will be handled in the show. The upcoming season of the hit Netflix television series will focus on Queen Elizabeth II's reign through the 1990s. Harry Potter's Imelda Staunton will be playing the Queen in its final two seasons, after she was portrayed by Claire Foy in seasons 1 and 2 and Olivia Colman in seasons 3 and 4. The Crown season 5 will also be the first to release after the deaths of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, who respectively passed away in April 2021 and September 2022.

The show will also focus on Princess Diana's relationship with the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Debicki will replace Emma Corrin as the late Princess of Wales, while Dominic West replaces Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles for the show's last two seasons. There has been growing controversy in how Princess Diana's story and...

Nearly 25 years after her death, she remains the Queen of Hearts. But even now, we continue to learn more about Diana Spencer — and her fortitude. A new six-part CNN docuseries, Diana, probes how a country girl from the east of England grew up to wed a prince and become a role model for generations to come. Going in, exec producer Matt Robins wanted to avoid depicting Diana as a tragic figure. “Because she died young, we tend to put that tag onto her,” he says. “She was born into a privileged life full of joys. Emotionally she goes through some incredibly tough times, but what we try to do that’s different is to apply a 21st-century lens.” People who knew the icon, such as biographer Andrew Morton, share their perspectives, but Robins also enlists a wide range of journalists and royal experts to bring “a fresh and modern context.

Princess Diana tragically died in a car accident in Paris in August 1997, but her life has continued to captivate the public over 20 years later. While Diana was known for her charity work and genuine closeness to the public over the years, it was her relationship with Prince Charles and the royal family in general that really got people talking. Diana and Charles got engaged in 1981 after only going on 12 dates, tied the knot five months later, welcomed sons William and Harry, and ultimately divorced in 1996.

Diana and Charles's romance seemed doomed from the start, and Diana wasn't afraid to fight back against the image the royal family tried to paint for her. In an incredibly bold and brave move, Diana sat down for a revealing interview with BBC's Martin Bashir in 1995, before she and Prince Charles decided to divorce. In addition to revealing her struggles with bulimia and self-harm,...

Princess Diana’s controversial biography has returned to Amazon’s bestsellers list, days after the late royal was mentioned in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Originally released in 1992, Diana: Her True Story – in Her Own Words is back in the Top Ten on Amazon’s top British books chart, where it has slowly climbed since Harry brought up his late mother during the revealing interview with Oprah. Asked why he was so concerned about the relentless press attention on his wife, Markle, Harry said he...

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If tearing through the fourth season of Netflix’s “The Crown” in just a couple sittings ignited a fire within you to compulsively search Princess Diana merch online, don’t worry — you’re not alone. That’s why we’ve compiled these gifts for the royal lovers in your life that are inspired by Queen Elizabeth II, the late Princess Diana, and more. From informative biographies to ridiculous novelty gifts, we’ve got you covered.

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It took only a few hours for “The Crown” to cause a royal rumble when it launched on Netflix over the weekend, and there are no prizes for guessing why.

Season 4 introduces viewers to Princess Diana for the first time and spends a large part of its 10 episodes charting her tumultuous marriage with Prince Charles and analyzing her bombshell impact on the royal family.

Now that everyone has fallen in love with Emma Corrin’s firecracker performance as Lady Di, the relative newcomer broke down several key scenes with Variety and talked about why portraying the princess’ eating disorder was so important to her.

The amount of research for the role must have been intimidating.

I did a lot of preliminary reading and leafing through biographies, trying to get a sense of the things they all said, trying to filter through what was complete bullshit and speculation, and what was...

Prince Charles and Princess Diana's relationship was turbulent from beginning to end, to put it lightly. While The Crown has touched on many of the milestones of the royal family as a whole, it doesn't delve into some of the intricacies of all of the relationships, especially that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and more specifically their separation.

The royal couple had a rough go from the start. The two met when Diana was just 16 years old and got engaged in 1981, despite Charles's romantic history with Camilla Parker Bowles and prior interest in marrying her. During their official engagement interview, they were asked if they were in love, and while Diana eagerly answered in the affirmative, Charles replied, "Whatever 'in love' means."

Alas, they married a few months later, in front of millions of people who watched from all over the world. They quickly started having kids -...

Princess Diana was many things to many people, but above all else, she was an adoring and doting mother of two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. While much is known about Diana's special connection with her boys, there's one thing people may not know about Harry's birth in particular: Prince Charles "desperately" wanted a little girl, and Diana, knowing that she was carrying a baby boy, kept the secret from her husband throughout her entire pregnancy.

About a year after Prince William was born in June 1982, Diana was under pressure to produce a spare to the heir. In September 1983, Buckingham Palace announced that Diana was pregnant for a second time, but sadly, she suffered a miscarriage later that week while at the Balmoral estate in Scotland. Cut to early 1984, when Charles and Diana found out that they were expecting again. During her difficult pregnancy, Diana told friends, "I don't...

We all know how strongly Diana, Princess of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles felt about each other in the '80s and '90s. As Diana's marriage to Prince Charles fell apart, she laid the blame very firmly with Camilla, and the uncomfortable and sometimes angry relationship between the two was played out on a very public stage. But the two women were initially friends. Camilla's biographer, Penny Junor, noted that when Lady Diana Spencer first began dating the heir to the throne in 1980, they were often guests at Bolehyde Manor in Wiltshire, the country home Camilla shared with her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. The women enjoyed each other's company, and Diana is said to have enjoyed helping Camilla with her young children, Tom and Laura.

Before the royal engagement was announced, Camilla provided a friendly shoulder to lean on as Diana navigated one of her first experiences with the cameras at Ludlow Races,...

It's only been one month since Meghan Markle married into the royal family by tying the knot with Prince Harry, but she's already living out the late Princess Diana's legacy. "One of the things that Harry fell for in Meghan early on in their relationship is just how empathetic and compassionate she is," a source told Us Weekly in a new interview. "Meghan wants to make a difference in the world. It’s one of the reasons she was so keen to get started with her charity work as soon as she married Harry. This is her life now... She’s found her true purpose." Shall we call her the People's Princess? The royal family is also allegedly embracing how Meghan's traits are so similar to Diana's. "Senior aides at Buckingham Palace are already talking about just how strong Meghan’s global influence will be over the years ahead...

It's only been one month since Meghan Markle married into the royal family by tying the knot with Prince Harry, but she's already living out the late Princess Diana's legacy. "One of the things that Harry fell for in Meghan early on in their relationship is just how empathetic and compassionate she is," a source told Us Weekly in a new interview. "Meghan wants to make a difference in the world. It’s one of the reasons she was so keen to get started with her charity work as soon as she married Harry. This is her life now... She’s found her true purpose." Shall we call her the People's Princess? The royal family is also allegedly embracing how Meghan's traits are so similar to Diana's. "Senior aides at Buckingham Palace are already talking about just how strong Meghan’s global influence will be over the years ahead...