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☆ German tourist accused of damaging 16th-century statue in Florence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 22-year-old German man has been detained in Florence accused of damaging a statue in the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria, city authorities said in a statement. The city estimates the damage to the statue is around €5,000 ($5,400). The fountain features a statue of the Roman sea god Neptune atop a shell-shaped carriage pulled by horses. The mayor of Florence tweeted a photo of the 22-year-old German tourist, whose face was blurred, posing on the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. In August, German tourists were accused of spray-painting soccer graffiti on a wall of the historic Vasari Corridor nearby.

Persons: Neptune, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, Francesco Bellini, Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence, Francesco, Duchess Joanna of Austria Organizations: CNN, Florence Locations: Florence, Piazza della, Vasari

☆ 'The Crown': Charles and Camilla's wedding will be featured in final season
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Wedding bells are ringing in the final season of Netflix’s “The Crown.”The streamer teased a big storyline for the Emmy-winning series on Monday, confirming that the 2005 wedding of then-Prince Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles will be featured in the sixth and final season. Here’s a hint at what’s to come in our final season,” the caption on Netflix’s tweet on Monday read. Charles became King Charles III and ascended the throne in September 2022 after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch. As both had been previously married, Charles and Camilla wed in a small civil ceremony. The late Queen Elizabeth did not attend the ceremony because of her role as head of the Church of England, which discourages divorce.

Persons: Prince Charles, Camilla Parker, Bowles, Prince, Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, George’s, Charles, King Charles III, Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla, Queen Consort, Queen Elizabeth, ”, Princess Diana, Suzanne Mackie, “, Elizabeth Debicki, Diana, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West Organizations: CNN, “, Netflix, of England, Edinburgh TV, BBC Locations: St, Windsor Castle, British, France

☆ 'Heart of Invictus' review: Prince Harry uses his producing clout on the uplifting Netflix docuseries
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —There is a small strata of Hollywood deal-making where who’s behind a project – and with whom the programmer gets to align itself – carries more weight than the specifics. That would seem to define Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry’s producing arrangement with Netflix, which bears fruit this week with “Heart of Invictus,” a docuseries about the games devoted to wounded, ill and injured veterans. The streaming giant’s 2020 partnership with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex clearly appeared to be modeled after its relationship with Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground. Yet even with that disclaimer, there are moments in “Heart of Invictus” where one has to be pretty heartless not to get a bit choked up, and it’s hard to question that its heart is in the right place. “Heart of Invictus” premieres August 30 on Netflix.

Persons: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry’s, ”, Duke, Duchess, Barack, Michelle Obama’s, Ted Sarandos “, Harry, Prince Harry, Orlando von Einsiedel, Julien Allen, Na Hyeongyoon, Invictus ” Organizations: CNN, Netflix, “, Daily Mail, Hague, Invictus Games, “ Wheelchair rugby, South Locations: Sussex, Netherlands, Ukraine, Iraq, “, South Korean

☆ A Sunny Place for Shady People
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Liesl Schillinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Its owner was known to accept paintings in lieu of payment — “My kind of hotel,” Picasso joked. In 1960, burglars broke in and stole 21 canvases, including a Braque, a Léger, a Mirò and a Modigliani. The influential Lord Brougham “discovered” Cannes in 1834, when a cholera epidemic interrupted his progress to Italy. Besotted by the Arcadian surroundings, he built a villa. Other foreign aristocrats followed suit, and 20 years later, Prosper Mérimée complained that “the English are established here as in a conquered land.

Persons: ” Picasso, Braque, Modigliani, Miles, Brougham “, Prosper Mérimée, They’ve, Cap Martin, Queen Victoria, Countess, Balmoral, “, Duchess Anastasia, “ Bertie, ”, King Edward VII, Henry Clews, Frank Jay Gould, Murphys, Edith Wharton, Scott Fitzgerald Organizations: Art, Villa Americana Locations: Saint, Paul, Cannes, Italy, Nice, Beaulieu, La, Menton, Balmoral ”, Russian, Monte Carlo, ”, Antibes, Hyères

A version of this story appeared in the August 4 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. We recently found out that Prince Harry will also be grabbing his passport and heading to the Southeast Asian nation for his own charitable cause. The Duke of Sussex will be competing in his Sentebale charity’s annual polo match there next weekend. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the Sentebale Polo Cup 2018 in Windsor, England. It was also at a polo match in Windsor in 1970 where a young Prince Charles reportedly first met Camilla Shand and they became friends.

Persons: Prince, Wales, Prince Harry, Duke, Sussex, Harry, Prince Seeiso, Duke of Sussex, Dominic Lipinski, Nacho Figueras, Haruhisa Handa, Handa, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Samir Hussein, Prince William, –, William, Catherine, Max Mumby, Barack Obama, Prince George, King Charles, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla Shand, Love, Prince Archie, George, Charlotte, Louis Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Kasane, Singapore Polo Club Team, Promotion Society, Values, Polo Cup, Polo, cyberbullying, Technology, Power, New, Royal, Polo Day, Billingbear Polo Club Locations: London, Singapore, Lesotho, Africa, Botswana, Lion City, Tokyo, Our, Windsor , England, New York, Persia, Windsor, Surrey, England

☆ What Is It About Montecito?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Amy Larocca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Montecito is where Gwyneth Paltrow goes when the pressures of Brentwood are too much. Jennifer Aniston bought a $16.5 million property from Ms. Winfrey, who had not had time to use it. But it’s not just the famous who come to Montecito, it’s also the straight-up rich. Montecito is loaded with the less-recognizable names behind very recognizable things, including Ty Warner, the press-shy inventor of Beanie Babies, who lives in a rose-colored mansion with views of the whole landscape. It’s a dizzying combination of old wealth, new wealth and outrageous physical beauty that has begun to attract an ever-wider range of dreamers.

Persons: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Levine, Ritchie, Ariana Grande, DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Winfrey, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Perry’s, Ed Hardy, Elton John, Flav, Amanda Chantal Bacon, Madame Tussauds, —, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of, it’s, ”, Pierce, Eric Schmidt, Montecito, Ty Warner Organizations: Chrome Locations: Montecito, Brentwood, Patagonia, Duchess of Sussex, Santa Barbara

☆ Princess of Wales comforts Ons Jabeur after ‘painful’ Wimbledon loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Wimbledon title is the grand slam she wants more than any other, but for the second successive year, Jabeur had to settle for the runners up trophy. Asked what the Princess of Wales told her in that moment, Jabeur told reporters: “Same thing after last year: to encourage me to be strong, to come back and win a grand slam, win a Wimbledon. The last unseeded woman to reach a Wimbledon final was Billie Jean King in 1963. Playing in her second grand slam final, the 24-year-old Czech played brilliantly on the grass and her variety of shots got the better of the sixth seed Jabeur. I think it was the most impossible grand slam for me to win, so I didn’t even think of it.

Persons: Markéta Vondroušová, Jabeur, Dylan Martinez, Reuters “, ”, Princess, Wales, Czech Jana Novotná, Duchess, Kent, Andy Murray’s, ” Jabeur, Kim Clijsters, “, Vondroušová, Glyn Kirk, Markéta, Marketa, Billie Jean King, Julian Finney, ‘, ” Vondroušová, we’ll Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Court, Reuters, Belgian, Getty, Czech Wimbledon Locations: Czech, British, AFP, London

☆ Gotta Save the Castle? Start a Podcast.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Elizabeth Paton | More About Elizabeth Paton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last month, Emma, Duchess of Rutland sat in her drawing room and weighed the pros and cons of living over the shop. Specifically, Belvoir Castle, a stately and splendid pile perched on a wooded hilltop in the English countryside with more than 356 rooms and soaring neo-Gothic towers and turrets. Downstairs, the castle tearoom hummed with tables of tourists sampling scones with jams from the Belvoir estate. Nearby, a platoon of pickup trucks bounced across a field packing up obstacles from a recent Tough Mudder endurance event. For the duchess, born Emma Watkins, it was a day like any other.

Persons: Emma, Duchess, Rutland, ”, Emma Watkins, Duke of Rutland Locations: Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, England

☆ King Charles III and Queen Camilla's coronation marked in Scotland with day of pageantry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Scotland has concluded a day of festivities celebrating British monarch King Charles III’s recent coronation. King Charles III is presented with the Crown of Scotland at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh on July 5, 2023. Jane Barlow/ReutersThe service was preceded by a “people’s procession” and a royal procession to the cathedral, and rounded off with a gun salute. Danny Lawson/Getty ImagesCharles arrived at the cathedral in the royal procession in the state Bentley, accompanied by Queen Camilla. King Charles III and Queen Camilla during the service Andrew Milligan/ReutersCamilla wore a long white dress by British designer Bruce Oldfield.

Persons: King Charles III’s, Chris Jackson, Elizabeth, ” –, Queen Elizabeth II –, James IV, Pope Julius II, King Charles III, Giles, Jane Barlow, Royal Air Force flypast, Cruachan IV, “, ”, Danny Lawson, Charles, Bentley, Queen Camilla, Andrew Milligan, Camilla, Bruce Oldfield, Oldfield, Prince William, Catherine, Duke, Duchess of, Royce, Giles ’, Charles ’, William, Kate, John Linton, CNN’s Max Foster Organizations: London CNN, Combined Cadet Force, Getty, Cathedral, Royal Air Force, Royal Regiment of, Police Scotland, Protesters, Royal Navy, Thistle, Edinburgh Castle, King’s, Guard, Royal Company of Archers, RAF, 12th Regiment Royal Artillery, Holyrood Locations: Edinburgh, Scottish, St, Royal Regiment of Scotland, British, Scotland, Duchess of Rothesay, Gordonstoun, AFP

☆ The Royals May Be on to Something - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A May poll found that 62 percent of people in Great Britain favored remaining a monarchy, compared to 28 percent who preferred a republic. A monarch is not the only option for a nonpolitical head of state. Germany, Israel and other countries have non-royal largely ceremonial heads of state who can stand for harmony above the fray. But even the nonpolitical presidents like Herzog are often former politicians and don’t seem to have the healing power of monarchs. When Japan gave up fighting in 1945 to end World War II, many in the Tokyo government bitterly opposed the decision.

Persons: ”, Chris Patten, Lord Patten, Barnes, Isaac Herzog of Israel, Herzog, King Charles, Emperor Hirohito Organizations: Japan Locations: Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Tongan, Tokyo, Japan

Scotland will celebrate the accession of King Charles III with its own festivities on Wednesday. “Scotland will welcome the new King and Queen in July with a series of events to mark the Coronation. There the Scottish Crown Jewels will be presented to the King. The crown was first worn by James V at the coronation of Queen Mary of Guise in 1540. A 21-gun salute from the 12 Regiment Royal Artillery will sound at the end of the service before the royal procession returns to Holyroodhouse.

Persons: London CNN —, King Charles III, –, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate, Duke, Duchess of, King, Queen, Humza Yousaf, Yousaf, Giles, Cathedral, Giles ’, James V, Queen Mary of Guise, Innocent VIII, James IV, Mary, Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell’s, Walter Scott, Charles ’, Cruachan IV, Andrew Milligan, George Gross, Charles, ” Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Scottish, National Service of, ”, Edinburgh, of Union, King’s, Guard, Royal Company of Archers, Armed Forces, Royal Regiment of, Royal Regiment of Scotland Shetland, Combined Cadet Force, Royal Marine, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, Regiment Royal Artillery, King’s College London Locations: London, Scotland, Holyrood, Duchess of Rothesay, Edinburgh, St, Balmoral, Britain, Scone, Westminster, Royal Regiment of Scotland, Holyroodhouse

Brigid Berlin, a fixture of the downtown art world in the ’60s and ’70s, will be forever associated with Andy Warhol — the Factory superstar played Duchess, a version of herself as a lesbian drug dealer, in Warhol and Paul Morrissey’s 1966 film “Chelsea Girls” — but three years after her death in 2020, a new exhibition considers Berlin’s art in its own right. “Brigid really was an innovator when you think of the way she used persona as a medium,” says Alison M. Gingeras, who has curated “Brigid Berlin: The Heaviest,” at New York’s Vito Schnabel Gallery, which examines the artist’s life, from her tony uptown upbringing to her secluded later life, with the wild times in between. “For too long she has been pushed into the footnotes.” In a room that features the same wallpaper as Berlin’s Murray Hill apartment, visitors can peruse photos and letters from her childhood. “Brigid Berlin: The Heaviest,” is on view through Aug. 18, vitoschnabel.com. Stay HereA Hygge Homestay in Seoul

Persons: Brigid Berlin, Andy Warhol, Warhol, Paul Morrissey’s, “ Brigid, ”, Alison M, Gingeras, New York’s Vito Schnabel, tony, Murray, Honey Berlin, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning, Larry Rivers, “ Brigid Berlin Organizations: Factory, Chelsea Girls ”, Max’s, “ Locations: New, Max’s Kansas City, Seoul

CNN —Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she revealed in an episode of her “Tea Talks” podcast released Monday. During the podcast, which was recorded last week before her surgery, Ferguson said, “Tomorrow I’m going in for a mastectomy.”“I want every single person who is listening to this podcast to go get checked, go get screened, and go do it,” Ferguson said. According to PA, a spokesman for the duchess said: “Sarah, Duchess of York was recently diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer detected at a routine mammogram screening.”“She was advised she needed to undergo surgery which has taken place successfully,” according to PA.“The duchess is receiving the best medical care and her doctors have told her that the prognosis is good. She is now recuperating with her family.”The spokesperson added that the duchess expressed her “immense gratitude” to the medical staff who had supported her and the staff involved in the mammogram. Her illness “was otherwise symptom free,” and Ferguson “believes her experience underlines the importance of regular screening,” the spokesperson said, according to PA.

Persons: Sarah Ferguson, Duchess, Ferguson, ” Ferguson, King Edward VII, “ Sarah, ”, “, Ferguson “ Organizations: CNN, King Edward VII Hospital, UK Press Association Locations: York, Marylebone, London, Windsor

☆ Britain's Duchess of York had surgery for breast cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 25 (Reuters) - Britain's Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has undergone a successful operation, British media reported on Sunday. Ferguson, 63, who was married to Prince Andrew, was given the diagnosis at a routine mammogram screening and underwent successful surgery, her spokesman told the Daily Telegraph. "She was advised she needed to undergo surgery which has taken place successfully," the spokesman said. "The Duchess is receiving the best medical care and her doctors have told her that the prognosis is good." Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Giles ElgoodOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sarah Ferguson, Duchess, Ferguson, Prince Andrew, Andrew MacAskill, Giles Elgood Organizations: Daily Telegraph, Thomson Locations: York

☆ Emma Watson’s ‘levitating’ dress is confusing the internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Did someone say Wingardium Leviosa? “Harry Potter” fans are asking whether Emma Watson’s new dress may be the result of some Hogwarts wizardry. The star, who played Hermione Granger in the blockbuster movies, posted a picture of herself wearing the gravity-defying sky-blue gown on Instagram on Monday. The dress is not ‘hanging from her ears’ or ‘Photoshopped’, the dress is designed to have ‘bones’, it’s just couture. Renais is our love letter to Chablis; is carbon-neutral, lovingly made from upcycled grapes.

Persons: Harry Potter ”, Emma Watson’s, Hermione Granger, Loewe, Carolina__emme, ’, ” Watson, Duchess, Alex, Watson, “, Emma ” Organizations: CNN, Twitter Locations: Spanish, Ginspiration, Chablis

☆ Harry and Meghan: Spotify executive Bill Simmons calls the Sussexes 'grifters'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Spotify executive and popular podcaster Bill Simmons has hit out at Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, labeling them “grifters,” after their multi-year partnership with Spotify ended on Friday. “I wish I had been involved in the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation,” Simmons said on his self-titled podcast Friday. I have got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. John Nacion Imaging/ShutterstockCNN has reached out to both Archewell and Spotify for comment on Simmons’ remarks. Simmons previously criticized Harry in a January 2023 episode of his podcast, saying that he was “so embarrassed” to share Spotify with him.

Persons: Bill Simmons, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of, “, Harry, ” Simmons, ’, ”, Serena Williams, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Trevor Noah, Archewell, John Nacion, Simmons ’, Simmons, Montecito, Forbes Organizations: CNN, Spotify, Archewell, John, John Nacion Imaging, Simmons, CNN’s Royal Locations: Duchess of Sussex, ”

☆ Spotify exec calls Harry and Meghan ‘grifters’ after podcast deal comes to early end
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The collaborative efforts between Spotify and Harry and Meghan has resulted in just one, 12-episode series of the podcast "Archetypes." Spotify executive Bill Simmons described Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, as "grifters" after the couple's partnership with the streaming platform came to a seemingly premature end Friday. "Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together," Spotify and Archewell Audio said in a joint statement. "Shoot this guy to the sun, I'm so tired of this guy," Simmons said on his self-titled podcast in January. Archewell Audio did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.

Persons: Harry, Meghan, Bill Simmons, Prince Harry, Duchess of, Serena Williams, Mariah Carey, Spotify's, Simmons Organizations: Spotify, ESPN, CNBC, Archewell Locations: Duchess of Sussex

☆ Meghan Markle's podcast isn't coming back for a second season, and she and Harry aren't getting the full $20 million payout from their Spotify deal: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meghan Markle's podcast will not be coming back for a second season on Spotify. The couple will also not be receiving the full $20 million payout from their deal with Spotify, per media reports. Meghan Markle's podcast will not be coming back for a second season on Spotify, the streaming company told Insider on Thursday. A Spotify spokesperson declined to comment about why Markle's podcast will not be continued and how much the Sussexes will receive from their deal. The news about Markle's podcast comes amid a downturn in the tech and media sectors.

Persons: Meghan Markle's, Prince, Markle, Prince Harry, Archewell, Duke, Duchess of Sussex, It's, Serena Williams, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Harry, Meghan Organizations: Spotify, Morning, Archewell, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Netflix, New York Times, Times Locations: Canada, Australia, New Zealand

☆ Prince Harry and Meghan's deal with Spotify ends as they agree to 'part ways'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House on January 7, 2020, in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have announced another high-profile split. The couple's lucrative deal to produce podcasts for Spotify has come to an end, both parties revealed Thursday. The royals' deal with Spotify was reported to have been made in 2020 for a reported $20 million. The Spotify spokesperson did not confirm the cost of the deal, but said that recent layoffs at the company had "no relation" to the decision to end the deal with Harry and Meghan.

Persons: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of, Samir Hussein, Harry, Serena Williams, Mariah Carey, Mindy Kaling, Constance Wu, Jameela Jamil, Paris, Duke, Dawn Ostroff, Duchess, Ostroff Organizations: Spotify, Wall Street, NBC, Paris Hilton Locations: Duchess of Sussex, Canada, London, England, Los Angeles, California

☆ Harry and Meghan's Spotify deal comes to an end
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's multi-year agreement with streaming giant Spotify to produce podcasts has ended with just one series made. It was estimated by media to have been worth as much as $20 million or more. But in a joint statement, Spotify and the royal couple's company said the agreement to produce future series had been terminated. "Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together," the statement said. The podcast was one of a number of lucrative deals the couple signed after moving to the United States.

Persons: Prince Harry, Meghan's, Duke, Duchess of Sussex, Mariah Carey, Serena Williams, King Charles, Muvija, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Spotify, Netflix, Thomson Locations: Swedish, California, United States

☆ Britain’s Princess Eugenie announces birth of second child
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a boy, she announced on Instagram. Princess Eugenie said Monday that she and husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their second child, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, on May 30. “He is named after his great great great Grandfather George, his Grandpa George and my Grandpa Ronald,” it continues. Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank was born on May 30, Princess Eugenie said. Princess Eugenie/InstagramThe couple have another boy, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born in February 2021.

Persons: CNN — Britain’s, Eugenie, King Charles III’s, She’s, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, “ Jack, ”, Grandfather George, Grandpa George, Ronald, Instagram, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, “ Augie, Brooksbank, George’s, Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess, Sussex, Beatrice Organizations: CNN Locations: Monday’s, St, Windsor Castle

☆ Spotify lays off 200 employees, or about 2% of its workforce
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Spotify announced Monday it's laying off roughly 200 employees, or about 2% of its-person workforce, as part of an effort to change how the streaming company handles its partnership with "leading podcasters from across the globe." Spotify's global workforce was 8,359 people in 2020, according to an SEC filing, with 4,332 of those employees in the United States. The cuts were announced by Sahar Elhabashi, vice president at Spotify, in a memo to employees. Spotify has spent heavily to expand its podcast unit in the last three years. Since 2020, Spotify spent 493 million euros ($526 million), on four different acquisitions in the podcast space, according to an SEC filing.

Persons: Sahar Elhabashi, Elhabashi, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Joe Rogan Organizations: Spotify, SEC Locations: United States

☆ UK's Princess Eugenie has had second baby son - Buckingham Palace
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles and daughter of his disgraced brother Prince Andrew, has given birth to her second child, a baby boy, with her husband Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, the 13th in line to the British throne, was born on May 30 and weighed 7lbs 1oz, a palace statement said. The boy was named after his great-great-great-grandfather George, his grandfather George and Eugenie's grandfather Ronald, she said in the post. "Augie is loving being a big brother already," Eugenie wrote on the post which had another picture of the baby's brother, August Brooksbank, placing a hand on the baby's head. Reporting by Muvija M, Editing by Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Eugenie, King Charles, Prince Andrew, Jack Brooksbank, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, 7lbs, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess, York, George, Eugenie's, Ronald, Augie, August Brooksbank, Muvija, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Thomson Locations: Buckingham

☆ Prince Harry and Meghan: Photo agency says it denied Harry and Meghan request to turn over photos from chase
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse Niamh Kennedy Jessie Gretener | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The NYPD simply said “numerous photographers” had “made their transport challenging” following their departure from the Ziegfeld Ballroom. “We stand by our founding fathers.”The Sussexes declined to comment on the matter when approached by CNN. The Princess of Wales died in 1997 after suffering internal injuries resulting from a high-speed car crash in Paris. Once the photographs are out and the stories then put next to it, then comes the social media harassment. To see another woman in my life, who I love, go through this feeding frenzy – that’s hard.

☆ Paparazzi chase over Harry and Meghan polarizes public
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Harry's spokesperson said that on Tuesday night after leaving an awards ceremony where Meghan had been honoured, Harry, Meghan and her mother were subjected to a two-hour car chase involving "highly aggressive" paparazzi photographers which had put their lives at danger. Harry and Meghan are frauds." The royal family, as is customary, have stayed silent on the incident, but outside Buckingham Palace as across Britain, the public view was mixed. "I can't believe a two-hour car chase in New York. The couple's representatives say Harry and Meghan expect attention and to be photographed at public events, and so had made a very public entrance and exit on Tuesday.

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