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What a strange first autumn for King Charles. Two major publicity storms are approaching—one containing a weather system he knows only too well, and one an unknowable, rumbling thundercloud. (And this being the royal family, who knows what other unknown storms are waiting to flare up?)
The recently released Season 5 trailer of The Crown confirms that this season of the award-winning Netflix drama—streaming from Nov. 9—will focus on the lead-up to and then full breakdown of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana, the so-called “War of the Waleses.” (Diana’s death will feature in the sixth and final season.)
Then there is Prince Harry’s memoir, still scheduled for release “later this year,” and still an unknown quantity. The latest rumors are that Harry wanted to make changes to it in the wake of Queen Elizabeth’s death. But seeing as earlier rumors had the publisher wanting rewrites, presumably ensuring it had juicy enough material, will Harry be able to de-juice whatever he has written?