Carly Ledbetter

Senior Reporter, HuffPost

Carly Ledbetter is a senior reporter at HuffPost. She covers breaking lifestyle and entertainment news with a focus on the royal family.

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Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth Removed From Oxford Due To 'Colonial History'
Graduate students' decision to take down the photo of Queen Elizabeth drew outrage from some and cries of "cancel culture."
3 years ago
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Meghan, Harry Got Queen's Blessing For Baby Lili's Name, Spokesperson Says
A rep for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex contradicted a BBC report that Queen Elizabeth wasn't asked about using the family name Lilibet for the baby royal.
3 years ago
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Columnist Fired For Tweeting Harry And Meghan Should've Name Baby 'Georgina Floydina'
Julie Burchill, who wrote for the Sunday Telegraph, posted the racist tweet about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's newborn just after her birth was announced.
3 years ago
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Lawyer Suspended After Tweeting 'Offensive' Remarks About Meghan And Harry's Baby
Joanna Toch is under internal review for "unacceptable" tweets she wrote about "black names" that mocked the Black Lives Matter movement.
3 years ago
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Release Statement After Birth Of Baby Girl
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared the heartwarming note on their foundation's website, and added that they will both be taking parental leave.
3 years ago
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Prince William, Kate Middleton Release Message After Meghan, Harry Baby News
The messages come amid racist allegations and strained royal relations between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and members of the royal family.
3 years ago
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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Welcome Their 2nd Child, Named After The Queen
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed Lilibet “Lili” Diana on Friday, a Sussex spokesperson said.
3 years ago
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Jodie Turner-Smith On How The Royals Could've Helped Harry, Meghan
"I think they could have looked at this marriage and that relationship as a way to evolve," the "Anne Boleyn" actor said.
3 years ago
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President Biden And Queen Elizabeth's Official Visit Confirmed
Biden and the queen will meet face-to-face after the president's G7 summit.
3 years ago
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Buckingham Palace Once Banned Minorities From Office Roles: Report
The Guardian uncovered new documents that show the palace continued the practice until the late 1960s.
3 years ago
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Emma Stone Says Rumor About Spice Girls-Related Injury Is A Wannabe
The "Cruella" star did break her shoulder in 2019, but the group only made a cameo appearance in her story.
3 years ago
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Prince Harry On The Stigma Around Talking About Suicide: 'So Many People Are Afraid'
Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey that she contemplated suicide and eventually told the Duke of Sussex in order to get help.
3 years ago
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Princess Diana Interview Will Never Air In Full 'Ever Again,' BBC Exec Says
The BBC director general made his latest remarks following the Dyson report and Prince William's comments that the interview "should never be aired again."
3 years ago
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Prince Harry Gets Apology After Group's 'Widely Publicized Untrue Claims'
The anti-monarchy group Republic accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's charities of wrongdoing last year.
3 years ago
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Prince William's Talk With 96-Year-Old Goes Viral: 'Not Sure Who's Flirting More'
The cheeky conversation between the Duke of Cambridge and Betty Magee drew lots of laughs.
3 years ago
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Princes William, Harry Issue Blistering Statements Against 'Deceitful' BBC Interview
The Duke of Cambridge said that the bombshell 1995 interview with Princess Diana "should never be aired again."
3 years ago
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Prince William's Vaccine Update Follows In The Queen's Footsteps
The Duke of Cambridge faced backlash last year for keeping his COVID-19 diagnosis a secret around the same time as Prince Charles.
3 years ago
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Jodie Turner-Smith On Meghan Markle Exit: 'Missed Opportunity' For Royals
The actor touched on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's step back from the royal family in January 2020 and spoke of the monarchy's "dysfunction."
3 years ago
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Prince Harry Talks About An Early Secret Meetup With Meghan Markle
Incognito mode aside, it was a surprisingly normal outing for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
3 years ago
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Prince Harry Says He Wanted To Leave Royal Life By The Time He Was In His 20s
The Duke of Sussex spoke with Dax Shepard on "Armchair Expert" about his life, which he compared to being in "The Truman Show" and a zoo.
3 years ago