Prince Harry confirmed that he and his brother did not wish for King Charles to marry his longtime love, Camilla Parker-Bowles. In Spare, the duke’s memoir, which is due out next week, he writes, “I remember wondering…if [Camilla] would be cruel to me; if she would be like all the […]
Prince Harry Isn’t Sure He’ll Attend King Charles’s Coronation
Prince Harry won’t say definitively whether or not he’ll attend his father King Charles‘s coronation this spring, leaving that decision up to the rest of his family. In a new trailer for the Duke of Sussex’s upcoming interview with ITV News anchor Tom Bradby, the royal is asked “If you […]
Lily James on Cinecittà Glamour and the Secret to Incandescent Glow
Lily James knows her way around physical transformation, writ large or small. “I just cut all my hair off, although I want to go shorter and shorter,” the actor says, showing off a clavicle-grazing bob during a recent video interview from London. If there was once a sense of industry […]
Palace Insiders Say Prince William Is Already Furious About Prince Harry’s Memoir Leaks
Prince William will not forgive Prince Harry for spilling their closest secrets, friends of the Prince of Wales have said after Harry revealed how he and William came to physical blows over Meghan Markle in 2019. On Wednesday, explosive excerpts from Spare, Prince Harry’s memoir due out next week, were leaked to the Guardian […]
The Danish Royal Family Starts the New Year With Fewer Princes
New Year’s has long been the time where the royal family of Denmark gathers for a series of events that emphasize togetherness and their duty to the public. But this year, the celebrations came with a message of sadness from Queen Margrethe II. In her annual New Year’s Address, the […]
18 Best Lip Balms for Keeping Lips Smooth and Ultra-Nourished
The best lip balms have an essential purpose: to protect and soothe delicate skin that is otherwise left exposed to the elements. For some, a trusted balm serves as an entry point to the larger world of beauty, paving a smoother way for lipstick. Other versions reliably tap into middle-school […]
Before Prince Harry’s Spare, There Was A King’s Story
A renegade British prince, who renounced his royal life for an American divorcée, is releasing a tell-all autobiography. The palace nervously awaits. A place on the best-seller list is almost a certainty. “Though it has proved my fate to sacrifice my cherished British heritage along with all the years in […]
Sydney Sweeney Has a Nose for Wanderlust
It’s fitting that Sydney Sweeney is stationed someplace vacation-worthy. In season one of The White Lotus, her character Olivia—Gen Z angel of disdain—endures a Hawaiian family trip by thumbing through Nietzsche and Lacan. Lately, the actor’s location is similarly cinematic, albeit with less ennui. “I’m in Rome. Rome, Italy,” the […]
Princess Kako Celebrates Her 28th Birthday—And Her Expanded Royal Role
On December 29, Japan’s Princess Kako celebrated her 28th birthday, and to mark the end of the year during which the princess expanded her royal role, the Imperial Household released a new set of portraits taken on the grounds of the Akasaka imperial residence in Tokyo. Kako was thrust further […]
“No Willingness to Reconcile”: Prince Harry Says He Wants His Brother and Father Back
Prince Harry, hot off the release of his Netflix miniseries and prepping the imminent release of his book, Spare, has expressed regret over the current schism in his family, and said he is longing for rapprochement, in a recent interview with British broadcaster ITV. “It never needed to be this […]
15 Skin Care Products to Strengthen the Skin Barrier: Serums, Moisturizers, and Restorative Creams
Few other subjects have dominated the beauty airwaves quite like the skin barrier. Overlooked for decades in our collective quest for clear, radiant skin—which brought about the enthusiastic peeling, scrubbing, and cleansing habits that inadvertently cause damage—an intact barrier has now earned its due as the true source of skin […]
A Guide to Ancient Beauty Rituals for the Modern Wellness Consumer
As the digital sphere extends its reach into daily life, testing our ability to remain attuned to the present moment, there’s a comfort in connecting with the rituals of the past. “We cannot operate like robots, 24/7, nonstop,” says Angela Chau, an ethnobotanist and licensed acupuncturist who cofounded the skin-care […]