74. We got word from Sara that The Sun was about to run a story saying The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were stepping away from their royal duties to spend more time in Canada. A sad little man, the newspapers showbiz editor, was said to be the lead re...
73. I rang Granny on January 3. Were coming back to Britain, I said. Wed love to see you. I told her explicitly that we hoped to discuss with her our plan to create a different working arrangement. She wasnt pleased. Neither was she shocked. She knew...
72. Meg and I discussed getting away, but this time we werent talking about a day at Wimbledon or a weekend with Elton. We were talking about escape. A friend knew someone who had a house we could borrow on Vancouver Island. Quiet, green seemingly re...
71. Meg and I attended the WellChild Awards, an annual event that honored children suffering from serious illnesses. October 2019. Id attended many times through the years, having been a royal patron of the organization since 2007, and it was always...
70. I was summoned to Buckingham Palace. A lunch with Granny and Pa. The invitation was contained in a terse email from the Bee, and the tone wasnt: Would you mind popping around? It was more: Get your arse over here. I threw on a suit, jumped into t...
69. I rang Granny to tell her beforehand. Pa too. And I sent Willy a text. I also told the Bee, giving him advance notice of the lawsuit, letting him know we had a statement ready to go, asking him to please redirect to our office all the press inqui...
68. It felt glorious to watch an entire country fall in love with my wife. South Africa, that is. September 2019. Another foreign tour, representing the Queen, and another triumph. From Cape Town to Johannesburg, people couldnt get enough of Meg. We...
67. Meg and I were on the phone with Elton John and his husband, David, and we confessed: We need help. Were sort of losing it here, guys. Come to us, Elton said. By which he meant their home in France. Summer 2019. So we did. For a few days we sat o...
66. I had a long tea with Granny, just before she left for Balmoral. I gave her a recap, all the latest. She knew a bit, but I was filling in important gaps. She looked shocked. Appalling, she said. She vowed to send the Bee to talk to us. Id spent m...
65. Doria was staying with us, waiting for the baby to come. Neither she nor Meg ever strayed far. None of us did. We all just sat around waiting, going for the occasional walk, looking at the cows. When Meg was a week past her due date, the comms te...
