BULLYING THE BEAST
“Just stop. There will be consequences if you don’t,” Jeffrey Epstein told Tina Brown after learning The Daily Beast was about to expose his role in sex-trafficking young girls.
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation; and the author of Wide-Body: The Triumph of the 747 (Morrow).
THE PRINCE AND THE PEDOPHILE
Prince Charles corresponded with Savile for many years, making him a trusted adviser on disaster media strategy, a new Netflix film shows.
OH BROTHER!
Prince Andrew’s closeness to the queen was clear at Prince Philip’s memorial. But when Charles assumes the throne, Andrew’s royal excommunication may be brought into sharper focus.
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HER WAY
It should have been momentous enough for Queen Elizabeth to attend Prince Philip’s memorial service—but an emphatic show of support for shamed Prince Andrew was an added surprise.
MOMENT OF TRUTH
Chinese authorities could be close to working out why a Boeing 737-800 crashed, killing all 132 people on board.
DIVE BOMB
In an age where every flight is instantly tracked, data and images of a journey that ended with 132 people dead have kicked off an extraordinary global guessing game.
STAR POWER
Increasing alarm about the queen’s health may mean that understudies like Prince Charles have to step up at the Platinum Jubilee—and they can’t possibly match her.
PLAYING HOUSE
The queen plans to live the rest of her life at Windsor Castle. In the reign of King Charles III, even if he and Camilla live at Buckingham Palace, expect to see it transformed.
WE SHOULD KNOW
Boris Johnson spent decades perfecting the art of the boozy work lunch while he was a journalist. Now his former colleagues at the newspapers have turned on him.
MUMMY DEAREST
Why did the Queen put up with Andrew’s sleaze for so long? After all, his record as a priapic grifter has been clear for more than two decades.
