Tag archives: Prince Harry

Riveting Divots
By Richard Mineards   |   May 13, 2025

Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club opened its 114th season on Sunday, kicking off an action-packed schedule with exciting tournaments and events that will showcase some of the world’s most talented equestrians. With a record number of teams and players participating, including a Number Ten rider – the top accolade in the sport – this […]

Courtly Decisions
By Richard Mineards   |   May 13, 2025

The Duke of Sussex, 40, lost his battle for taxpayer funded police bodyguards when in the U.K. – putting him on the hook for nearly $2 million in costs. Harry was told his “grievance” over security was not enough to successfully change the decision. The Riven Rock resident believes he’s been “singled out” and “badly […]

Neighborly Support
By Richard Mineards   |   May 6, 2025

Meghan Markle has revealed the reason she opted out of filming her Netflix show With Love, Meghan at her $14 million Riven Rock estate. The Duchess of Sussex, 40, appeared at the TIME100 summit in Manhattan last week speaking about her lifestyle brand As Ever, as well as her culinary series which premiered on the […]

Spaced Out
By Richard Mineards   |   April 22, 2025

Blue Origins New Shepard rocket launched on Monday with its all-female crew, including Santa Barbara singer Katy Perry, CBS News anchor Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez, fiancée of Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos. It soared through the Texas sky with the tony triumvirate and three other crew members enjoying a few minutes in space before returning […]

As Ever Sold Out
By Richard Mineards   |   April 15, 2025

The verdict is in on Meghan Markle’s long awaited and rebranded As Ever raspberry spread. “It might be time for her to ‘concentrate’ on a new formula,” is the withering opinion by Jane Herz in London’s Daily Mail, my former employer, who managed to get her hands on a $9 7.6-ounce jar ($14 for “keepsake […]

Moving On
By Richard Mineards   |   April 8, 2025

Prince Harry has sensationally quit as patron of the African charity he started in honor of his late mother Princess Diana in 2006. The Duke of Sussex, 40, said he is “disturbed” and “in shock” to step down from Sentebale, the youth-focused organization he co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, a tiny landlocked nation in […]

Normal Montecito Livin’
By Richard Mineards   |   April 1, 2025

Meghan Markle has made friends locally with “working women with normal jobs,” she tells People magazine. This comes after critics of her Netflix lifestyle show told the Duchess of Sussex she was “out of touch” and “tone deaf.” But Meghan says she and Prince Harry, who live on a $14.65 million estate in Riven Rock, […]

Rock for First Responders
By Richard Mineards   |   March 18, 2025

The venerable Granada was packed for a sold-out Rock for First Responders concert, organized by One805. Even Prince Harry turned out for the VIP reception. A guitar signed by HRH and the other performers, including Macy Gray, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald and Alan Parsons, soldfor $9,000. Toad the Wet Sprocket and Hootie & the Blowfish […]

Lakey’s ‘Making Waves’
By Richard Mineards   |   March 4, 2025

International surfer Lakey Peterson is coming to the big screen in 805 Beer’s Making Waves documenting her rise to fame and focus on mental wellness, including how narrowly missing the Olympic roster became her catalyst for deeper discovery. “You don’t remember the wins or the losses,” she reflects. You remember the in-between moments – being […]

Sharpies at the Ready
By Richard Mineards   |   February 18, 2025

President Trump’s revelation to the New York Post that he would not deport Prince Harry if he was found to have fudged his visa application re: his drug use. Having admitted in his bestselling autobiography Spare that he partook in cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms could not have come at a better time for the Duke […]

In the Papers
By Richard Mineards   |   February 4, 2025

It has been a tale of two cities for Riven Rock resident Prince Harry. His New Year started with Condé Nast, the giant publishing company in New York and owner of the celebrity glossy Vanity Fair, publishing an excoriating 8,000-word cover story about King Charles III’s youngest son and his former actress wife Meghan Markle.  […]

Altadena Girls Get Support
By Richard Mineards   |   January 28, 2025

Meghan Markle, who visited fire victims in Pasadena with husband Prince Harry, flew solo while supporting teenage girls struggling in the aftermath of the catastrophic Los Angeles blaze which devastated 23,700 acres. Last week the Duchess of Sussex, 43, dropped off donations and volunteered at a relief center in Altadena run by Altadena Girls, a […]

Sending Support Down South
By Richard Mineards   |   January 21, 2025

Guy, Meghan Markle’s rescue beagle, has died. The Duchess of Sussex shared the sad news of her “sweet” pooch, who is appearing in her new Netflix homemaking show With Love, Meghan which was due to debut this week, but has now been postponed to March 4 given the conflagration in Los Angeles which has now […]

The Next Binge
By Richard Mineards   |   January 14, 2025

With Love, Meghan – the Duchess of Sussex’s long-awaited cookery and homemaking series on Netflix – launches on Wednesday (Jan. 15). The series with her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard was first teased last March and shows Markle cooking in the Montecito kitchen of two good friends, Tom and Sherrie Cipolla, who split their time […]

Local Couple Liked at Home
By Richard Mineards   |   January 7, 2025

Prince Harry was one of the British Royal Family’s most popular members, but his decision to move to Montecito and publicly criticize the historic institution has seen his popularity plunge. On October, 2019, the Duke of Sussex was liked by 71 percent and disliked by 22 percent of the British public. But data from last […]

ShamWow Warriors
By Richard Mineards   |   December 31, 2024

Montecito political pundit Dennis Miller has signed up for a new docuseries for the Fox News streaming service Fox Nation. The series, The Infomercials That Sold Us, is steaming on the platform now and takes “a nostalgic and poignant look back at the years when infomercials ruled late night TV, featuring interviews with the colorful […]

Everyone’s a Critic
By Richard Mineards   |   December 24, 2024

The reviews are in for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest Netflix endeavor Polo, the penultimate installment of their $100 million deal with the streaming giant. But despite the likely high hopes it would join the ranks of works like Disney’s soccer saga with Ryan Reynolds, Welcome to Wrexham, and 2020’s, The Last Dance, the […]

Local Couple Likes Living Here
By Richard Mineards   |   December 17, 2024

Prince Harry and wife Meghan have no plans to return to the U.K. with their children Archie and Lilibet. The Riven Rock resident, 40, opened up about his decision to stay in the U.S. at the annual New York Times DealBook Summit in Manhattan. The Sussexes have called Montecito home for four years after leaving […]

The Way of Cameron
By Richard Mineards   |   December 10, 2024

Montecito actor Josh Brolin has revealed mega director James Cameron’s reaction to him rejecting a role in the Avatar sequel, The Way of Water. The Men in Black III star, 56, detailed he declined to appear as a new character in the 2022 box office smash 13 years after Cameron’s original film became the highest […]

The Tour of a Lifetime
By Richard Mineards   |   December 3, 2024

Local warbler Katy Perry is launching an iconic world tour with her daughter Daisy Dove in tow. The 13-time Grammy nominated singer says it is an “adventure together” as they travel the globe. The Montecito resident says her Lifetimes Tour will be traveling around the U.K. next year and says she loves how London is […]