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Princess Eugenie Has Had Another Baby, and For Once, the Royal Family Story of the Week Is Simply a Happy One. – A daughter born in Lisbon, a new little sister for August and Ernest, and a rare week where the monarchy news doesn’t come with an asterisk attached.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Is About to Lose the Last Title He Has Left. There Is Nothing Left to Strip After This One. – Vice-admiral was the final rank still clinging to his name. Once that goes, the fall from Prince Andrew to private citizen will be, in every formal sense, complete.
The King’s Cancer Treatment Schedule Has Been Reduced. That Sentence Alone Is the Best Royal Health News We’ve Had in Years. – Buckingham Palace rarely offers good news about anything medical without heavy qualification attached. This time, for once, the qualification leans genuinely hopeful.
Prince George Is Edging Toward Teenage Milestones the Rest of Us Got to Have in Relative Privacy. Spare a Thought for the Kid. – Second in line to the throne, still at school, and about to hit exactly the age where most of us were mortifying ourselves in relative anonymity.
The Working Royals’ Diary Is Published Eight Weeks Ahead of Time, Which Tells You Everything About How This Institution Actually Runs. – Forget the pageantry for a moment. The real story of the modern monarchy is a shared calendar, a lot of regional visits, and an institution that runs on scheduling discipline most companies would envy.