The Royal Family Mourns Queen Elizabeth; the Emmys Start Now; How the GOP Got Hitched to Trump

  [Peter Thiel Decries “Woke,” Poop-Filled California]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf)   [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image | A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks]( [Emmys 2022 Live Updates: Red Carpet, Winners & More]( [By VANITY FAIR]( [Succession vs. Squid Game, Ted Lasso vs. Barry, and, of course, red-carpet fashion: Find everything you need to know about the Emmys, all night long.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [How the Royal Family Is Mourning Queen Elizabeth]( [By ERIN VANDERHOOF]( [Though much of the mourning has been in private, William, Kate, Harry, Meghan, and more members of the family have taken trips to visit impromptu memorials for the queen.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [How One Heavyweight Law Firm Hitched the GOP Establishment to Donald Trump]( [By DAVID ENRICH]( [Facing 2016 with a Supreme Court vacancy, Republicans wanted a president they knew they could trust. But few were ready to put their faith in Donald Trump until Jones Day came along, as David Enrich writes in Servants of the Damned.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Peter Thiel, Decrying “Woke,” Poop-Filled California, Wants the GOP to Embrace a More “Positive Agenda”]( [By CALEB ECARMA]( [The right-wing mega-donor praised Ron DeSantis as the party’s model politician amid doubts that he’ll continue bankrolling Republican Senate candidates into the midterms.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Prince Harry Remembers the Queen’s “Infectious Smile” and “Unwavering Grace and Dignity”]( [By ERIN VANDERHOOF]( [In a statement on the Archewell website, the prince also reminisced about his grandmother’s first meetings with Meghan Markle and the couple’s two children.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [From the Archive: Love and Majesty]( [By SALLY BEDELL SMITH]( [It was, in 1947, that rarest of unions: a royal love match. But though the dashing Prince Philip of Greece and the 21-year-old heiress to Britain’s throne were clearly besotted as they began a life and family together, trouble lay ahead as “Lilibet” became “Her Majesty” and the new Duke of Edinburgh chafed at his consort role. In an adaptation from her biography—timed to the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee—Sally Bedell Smith describes the dynastic struggle that rocked Queen Elizabeth II’s marriage and the difficult choices she was forced to make. (January 2012)]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [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](newsletter=vf) Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.