Katie Nicholl

I wanna, I wanna stress because I've seen some, I've seen commentary about this.

I've seen people accuse you and Katie Nicholl of being a part of the Sussex WhatsApp group, to which I'd say that makes absolutely no sense.

They, they've tried to, they tried to discredit you in a court of law.

Why would you be a part of this new faux royal ro- rota that they're building? So, I, can, like, would you clarify that, that you're not-

More on that later on.

I'm Katie Nicholl.

And I'm Jo Elvin, and of course it wouldn't be a true castle experience without our co-host and resident royal butler, Grant Harrold.

And we have, I think, pretty much the perfect guest to guide us through a bombshell week of royal news.

One, well, I'll have you come back soon and we'll dissect why, why the, the Sussexes are possibly, um, back in, in a post-Queen Elizabeth reign, because I have had some ...

Oh, Katie Nicholl said to me, and I, the, it was Katie Nicholl.

She said to me she felt like Queen Elizabeth would have been tougher on Harry and Meghan than we've seen King Charles be, and perhaps that's why they've come back when they did.

You've spent years not only with Queen Elizabeth, worshiping with Queen Elizabeth in St. George's Chapel, studying her for this beautiful book.

Thomas Massey says crimes were committed on US soil.

I'm Katie Nicholl, and joining me in the studio is our resident royal butler and co-host Grant Harold, finally back on dry land.

And Joelle Vinn is away this week, but don't feel too bad, because she's living her best K-pop life in South Korea.

Joining us on the show this week is Sarah Vine, columnist at the Daily Mail, Mark Dolan, host of The Mark Dolan Show, and Cameron Walker, royal correspondent, At GB News, well, welcome.

What's the latest there?

Well, the latest is that according to Vanity Fair and my good friend Katie Nicholls, who has the best royal sources, William and Catherine feel completely derailed, Paul, at this unexpected return of the Sussexes.

We know why they've come back to the United Kingdom.

The Sussex brand has been a complete flop in the United States.

We have called in the big guns today.

Ladies and gentlemen, Katie Nicholl, cohost of The Royals Uncensored and Vanity Fair's royal correspondent, has covered the royal family for decades, which makes her uniquely qualified to separate a genuine strategic shift from another round of Sussex PR spin.

And today we're breaking down what might be the craziest royal headline of 2026 so far.

Harry and Meghan are back in Britain.

I think it comes down to Harry missing home, wanting to be closer to his father, who as we know, has sort of helped pave the way for a reconciliation, wanting his children educated in Britain.

I think that's really important to Harry, and I just think, uh, you know, six years on America didn't work out for them the way that they had hoped and so they have to try something new.

I just t- wanna reiterate what you, what, what you said 'cause I've said a couple of times on my show in the last week or two, well, Katie Nicholl and I are very offended by this because I messaged you when the Sussexes pushed back on the blindsided line which they did- Yeah ...

in the Daily Mail, which you and I both used.

We read that in the Daily Mail piece that they had been talking to headmasters, and that this was a conversation that began at least a year ago.

But they specifically say, and I've been texting with Katie Nicholl about this, they specifically say the royal family was not blindsided by it.

And I said to Katie, 'cause I think we both used that word, so it, it felt like an, you know, it felt like an attack on us.

I, I said to, to her that should we have said we were, they were blindsided by the audacity? Because, yes, it, we did see, we ...

There's no question of anyone being blindsided.

Now, K- Katie Nicholl and I have been texting over this, 'cause we both used that word a week ago when this was initially announced, so we felt like that was an attack on our reporting.

And I said, "Should we have said blindsided by the audacity? Blindsided by the shamelessness?" You know, Harry and Meghan say a lot of things that they don't actually do.

They promise a lot of things that they don't actually execute.