Y’all, this week was BUSY AND EXCITING! Obviously, we had a PLETHORA of coverage of The Engagement, which I will link below, along with several Kate Events — but this round-up is ALSO jam-packed. It’s got a Letter from George, a dog delivering flowers, EXTREMELY cute Swedish royal children, needlepoint, winter sports, a lady in a bikini, tiaras, rumored country estates, AND MORE.
In case you missed anything this week:
HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE ENGAGED. Here’s the announcement and photocall.
Here’s their VERY CHARMING interview.
Here’s further press coverage and more outfit details and mugs!
Here’s a look back at the many royal engagement photos of yore!
Here’s our Meghan Markle Style Retrospective!
French Elle Managed to Pull Off a Meghan Markle Cover this month! (Via trickery.)
Here’s our coverage of Harry and Meghan’s first royal outing, which happened today.
Kate is also still a person! She visited a school where she talked to bugs and learned to whittle! She also wore this very cute patterned dress to a museum! (Said dress is FINALLY available for purchase at Kate Spade; I feel like they must have been like, “you couldn’t have worn that NEXT week?”)
And, finally, if ever there were a time to read our novel, in which an American woman falls in love with a British prince…it’s possibly this week.
AND ELSEWHERE, many many people wrote many many things this week, and I can only hope but to bring you a smattering of the royals coverage, which has been coming fast and furious:
At Elle: What Meghan Markle’s Royal Engagement Means to 16 Black Women
At Man Repeller: Inside the Cult of Kate Middleton and Her Superfans
At Entertainment Weekly: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: 17 books to read to celebrate the royal engagement (including ours)!
At Town & Country: A Royal Photographer Tells the Story Behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Engagement Photos
At the New Yorker: A logistically compelling piece about what titles Meghan and Harry might get, and why.
Also at T&C: This behind the scenes video of them at their engagement interview is…really charming.
At People: Red, White and Blue Royalty! 12 Americans Who Found Love With Royals
Also at Elle: Is the Meghan Markle Effect Already Happening?
At INC, an interesting piece on Meghan’s new tax burdens (for real).
WaPo reassures us all: Enjoying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s romance doesn’t make you a bad American
They’ve announced that Japanese Emperor Akihito is abdicating on April 30th, 2019.
And, on social media:
Earlier today HRH The Countess of Wessex, Patron of London College of Fashion, @UAL, attended the ‘Making for Change’ fashion training and manufacturing unit at HM Prison/Young Offender Institute Downview. pic.twitter.com/KnslolgyX5
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) November 30, 2017
The Queen is introduced to Una the elephant! pic.twitter.com/RWux2oQQl2
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) November 30, 2017
In the final visit of #RoyalVisitFinland , The Duke meets @FinnishAirForce pilots to learn more about their missions and tasks. pic.twitter.com/F6OTOnLXD7
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 30, 2017
Max and Wax are in Sin Maarten for a few days:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIlTNPHhYm/?taken-by=koninklijkhuis
This is charming even though I have NO IDEA what ANYONE is saying:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb4fy8zHUsL/?taken-by=koninklijkhuis
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIWSxvnVB2/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7lUEFnMOZ/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus
These are some bold trousers:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7e_uVHaJT/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus
JEWELS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb30lZmH2l3/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus
She is visiting Ghana at the moment:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb2bE4ln8vy/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus
