What Meghan and Harry’s Exit Reveals About the Royal Family’s Future

[Orgasms and Exorcisms at The Goop Lab]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks January 26, 2020 [Image may contain: Prince Harry, Clothing, Apparel, Human, Person, Sleeve, Coat, Suit, Overcoat, Long Sleeve, and Footwear]( [What Meghan and Harry’s Exit Reveals About the Royal Family’s Future]( [Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith reacts to “Megxit”—the clues, controversy, and her concerns for Prince Harry as he breaks off from the monarchy.]( [READ MORE »]( [Yovanovitch]( [Chilling Recording Captures Trump Threatening the Ukraine Ambassador]( [“Get her out tomorrow. I don’t care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. Okay? Do it.”]( [READ MORE »]( [Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI in 2013. ]( [The Two Popes’ Rivalry Explodes Into Public With Dispute Over Celibacy Rules]( [Unlike their onscreen counterparts, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict are the opposite of buddies—with alarming implications for the future of the Catholic Church.]( [READ MORE »]( [Image may contain: Kamala Harris, Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, Apparel, Suit, Human, and Person]( [Are Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Teaming Up?]( [The California senator is reportedly considering an endorsement, though it’s unlikely before impeachment wraps up.]( [READ MORE »]( [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Suit, Coat, Overcoat, Furniture, Chair, Human, Person, Patrick Stewart, Man, and Tuxedo]( [Why Picard Is Exactly the Star Trek We Need Right Now]( [It’s the Jean-Luc Picard you know and love, boldly going where no Star Trek show has gone before.]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Nightmare on Elwood Avenue]( [How did Maria Cruz, a 35-year-old analyst for Barclays Capital who vanished on April 13, 2003, end up buried beneath a concrete slab at an old mansion in Newark, New Jersey? The evidence would eventually point to Cruz’s laser specialist, Dean Faiello, a former construction worker, who was impersonating a doctor. With the help of Faiello’s friends and former lovers, Bryan Burrough followed a two-decade spiral of drugs, deception, and denial to its horrifying conclusion.]( [READ MORE »]( [][Vanity Fair]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.