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Here, in no particular order, is a list of celebrities who have come out in support of the Duchess of Sussex and/or claimed the British media was "bullying" her. Many have some connection to Sara Latham, the Duchess' PR lady of the moment, or to Sunshine Sachs, her high-end PR agency. A few, like Jameela Jamil, are low-level celebrities that seemed to think linking themselves to Meghan was a good way to increase their own visibility. Am I missing any names? In general, the top-down arrogance of this list is impressive. Someone clearly believes that having these people speak on Meghan's behalf will move the needle for her with the public. One has to wonder, however, why this particular public figure requires so much defending. Prince Harry The Archbishop of Canterbury Hillary Clinton Michelle Obama Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez 72 female members of Parliament, lead by low-profile Labor MP Holly Lynch Ellen DeGeneres Oprah Winfrey Gayle King Katie ...

California is facing a particularly vicious wildfire season this year, with thousands of acres burned and many parts of the state without electricity. More than 50,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, including superstar basketball player LeBron James, who drove around and around with his family in his car, looking for a safe place to stay. The area affected by one of the major fires, the Getty fire, is precisely where Meghan and Harry hope to move. Bel Air, where they were supposedly looking homes, is currently within a mandatory evacuation area. How would Royal security handle this? Fast forward six weeks ahead, or even six months ahead. How would Royal security handle a mandatory evacuation? The RaSP section of the Metropolitan Police Force is in charge with protecting the Royal Family as well as Parliamentarians or Diplomats. It's hard enough to protect Royals when you have a limited area (their living area in London) to control, or a limited time ...

Before I began journalism school, many years ago, I went to the campus bookstore with a list of required books to buy. Some were classics of the journalistic format - one was John Hersey's searing " Hiroshima ", an onsite interview with survivors of the first nuclear bombing of a civilian population, a book that still haunts me. Another was Darrell Huff's " How to Lie with Statistics ," which came to mind earlier today, when I read that a Tatler survey found " more than half the country believes the Duchess of Sussex has been good for the Royal Family ." The sample with built-in bias Huff's book is 65 years old, but it's still a light and easy read (with cartoons!) and many of the methods it describes are still in use today. For example, the sample with the built-in bias. Huff refers to a famous 1936 home telephone poll, which showed that US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would definitely be defeated by his Republican challe...