Welcome back to The Royalist everybody—and a particularly big welcome back to myself!
After a week flat on my back with proper, old-fashioned flu—none of this, “I’ve got a touch of the flu” nonsense, I’m talking about the real thing: influenza, the kind where you can’t move, can’t eat, can’t think, and simply drift in and out of consciousness wondering if it will ever pass—I am once again among the sentient.
Thank you so much for all the kind messages, especially the reader who wrote, “Well, that’s what you get for having 36 people for Christmas lunch.” Classic!
The timing, as it happens, worked out rather well. I was perfectly fine through Christmas itself and was working the phones furiously when it emerged Meredith Maines was quitting on Boxing Day—that is December 26th for non-Brits, the day after Christmas—and then, two days later, just as I was starting to feel rough, James Holt followed her out of the door, effectively signaling the collapse of the Archewell Foundation.
Meghan and Harry’s Brutal 2025 Ends in a Fresh Staffing Disaster
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8 days ago · 186 likes · 124 comments · Tom Sykes
It was an incredible moment as the grand dreams and promises of five years ago crumbled in front of our eyes. Harry and Meghan had clearly struggled this year, but the reality of how badly they have managed their operations being made manifest in such dramatic fashion was remarkable to see.
Confetti And Collapse at Camp Sussex
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6 days ago · 126 likes · 114 comments · Tom Sykes
Anyway, it’s a good time of year to bury bad news and here we are on Monday, January 5, and two new narratives which will likely dominate much of the coverage of the royals for the year ahead are worth paying attention to.