It is a necessity that the future King of England ride around the country of his sovereignty in the finest mode of transportation possible. If anyone deserves a Rolls-Royce it’s Prince Charles, right?
Well, I’ll say! The youths of his nation are making it impossible for a bloke to ride around with any sense of Read More
I’m not a big fan of dressing up like a prepped-out Hamptons dork.
Yet, there I was, sporting the obligatory blue blazer, linen shirt, khakis, and suede moccasins, desperately trying to fit in with the stuffy upper-crust crowd watching British scion Prince Harry take on Argentinean stud Nacho Figueras at the Read More
This Year’s Position, Last Year’s Position, Name, Total Mentions
1 1 President Bill Clinton 358
2 2 Madonna, singer 308
3 10 Diana, Princess of Wales 259
4 5 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 234
5 4 O.J. Simpson, retired football player 195
6 16 Donald Trump, real-estate developer 182
7 7 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Read More
Diana, by Sarah Bradford. Viking, 443 pages, $25.95.
The Palace Diaries: A Story Inspired by Twelve Years of Life Behind Palace Gates, by Sarah Goodall and Nicholas Monson. Mainstream, 318 pages, £12.99.
The Way We Were: Remembering Diana, by Paul Burrell. William Morrow, 288 pages, $25.95.
H.R.H., by Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 336 pages, $27.
The Read More
I have never felt more regal, smug or self-satisfied. This, I mused as I gloated over the unbelievably fortuitous arrival in New York this week of Hurricane Charmilla, must be how she feels when she snuggles up in bed at night—-gin and tonic in one hand, bejeweled orb in the other—with her husband, H.R.H. the Read More
Sara Vilkomerson chatted with Kitty Kelley yesterday for today’s piece on Charles and Camilla’s visit to New York, and, well, one can never get enough of Ms. Kelley. Here’s quite a bit more of their rollicking conversation than we got to put in print:
On American’s being over the royals:
“Americans care so Read More
For obvious reasons, the Papacy is not a hereditary office. The College of Cardinals will convene to pick John Paul II’s successor beginning on April 18. But the Papacy is a monarchy-one of the few that wields real power, even if it commands no divisions. The televised images of red clerical robes aswirl outside the Read More
It’s no secret that the traditionally reserved British simply love being absurdly, totally, astonishingly silly. It’s something to do with the way they walk. And I would say that the pleasure and insane genius of the British import on Broadway, The Play What I Wrote -directed by Kenneth Branagh, no less-is its utter, ridiculous faith Read More
LONDON–Eat My Handbag, Bitch! is the name of a vintage clothing shop in London’s newly trendified East End. English cheekiness of this genre would normally convulse me with mirth, but I find I am strangely unamused. I have only been here for three days, but I have already OD’d on the relentlessly slaggy hipness that Read More
This Year’s Position, Last Year’s Position, Name, Total Mentions
1 1 President Bill Clinton 358
2 2 Madonna, singer 308
3 10 Diana, Princess of Wales 259
4 5 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 234
5 4 O.J. Simpson, retired football player 195
6 16 Donald Trump, real estate developer 182
