Off With Their Headlines

This special Friday News Dump brings you everything you wanted to know (and then some) about royal financial reports! This year’s Sovereign Grant Report and Royal Household Report each brought revelations well beyond the promise of merely getting tax information about the King and Prince of Wales.______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday! Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith Constant: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram AmandaMatta: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube

Are Harry and Meghan returning to the UK this summer? What annual tax does the monarch pay? Did the monarchy peak in 2012? We don't know the answers to any of these questions either, but we're going to discuss them anyway!Plus, reactions to royal Father's Day tributes and the future queen's mother's Ascot outfit - described as... "interesting!" And the uninformed American perspective (which absolutely no one asked for, we know) on Keir Starmer's resignation and Britain's next Labour PM hopeful, Andy Burnham.______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday! Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith Constant: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda Matta: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube 

Something's "amatta" with Amanda Matta's immune system (she'll be fine!), so Meredith was joined last-minute by Royal fashion commentator and astrologer, Alyssa to dive deep into Royal Ascot fashion this year. Sidebars include: Mike & Zara Tindall's admissions mishap, does Royal Ascot suck now?, and a look at what Chiron moving into Taurus could mean for the British Royal Family--Prince William in particular.Thank you again to Alyssa for filing in last minute! You can find Alyssa on TikTok and IG at hrhladyalyssa and her astrology account on IG, AstrologyByAlyssa.If you've been thinking about upgrading Patreon, this episode is a great time to do so! We have a video tier where you can play along with our Royal Ascot discussion and see the outfits on camera as we talk about each look.New episodes every Wednesday and Friday. Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube 

With worst-dressed lists making a comeback, potential changes to Japan’s Imperial succession rules, and SEVERAL men with royal connections finding themselves in legal hot water, this week we have to ask…all this to keep women down?Plus, Trooping the Colour saw protests, but ended up relatively tame compared to the British monarchy’s characteristic drama of the last few years!Tune in for a chatty roundup of royal news stories from the beginning of the week - with more to come on Friday, we’re sure!______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday. Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube 

What do royal cheek kisses, Lamborghini tractors, and AI data schemes have in common? They’re all topics on the latest Friday News Dump! We can’t wait for Trooping the Colour this weekend and Royal Ascot next week, but for now, let’s pick up the crumbs of royal coverage to send us into the weekend.

Our rrrrroyal conversation this week brings questions of what is owed to “minor” members of the monarchy? From findings out of the National Audit Office’s recent review of royal leases to the legacy of Lady Pamela Hicks, who died last week at age 97, who gets to benefit from their proximity to the crown?Plus, some fashion chat about last weekend’s royal wedding, where Peter Phillips married Harriet Sperling! ______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday! Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube

From Princess Lilibet's birthday to Princess Kate's Rodarte dress, we're chatting about the British royal topics at the top of everyone's mind at the end of this week!______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday! Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube 

Meredith “Millennial” Constant is BACK, and we are catching up with all things royal: their health struggles, their wedding plans, and their nicknames for one another.We’re also sitting down with author Caroline Hallemann to discuss her new book, The Kennedys and the Windsors, out now wherever you buy books. It’s the glittering story of two iconic families whose lives, ambitions, and respective reigns have mirrored each other in surprising ways. ______________________________New episodes every Wednesday and Friday! Listen early & ad-free on Patreon, where you’ll also find exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/OffWithTheirHeadlines Watch video episodes for free (a few days later) on YouTube.Feedback or questions? Send us a message at @offwiththeirheadlines on IG, or email us at offwiththeirheadlines@gmail.com______________________________Find us on socials:Meredith: Substack | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram Amanda: TikTok | Instagram | Substack | YouTube

Amanda is joined by guest host Sarah Wendell, co-founder of the blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and host of the podcast Smart Podcast, Trashy Books. In this supersized Friday News Dump, we’ll muse over topics ranging from royal romance tropes to royal health complications perhaps being used as shields against negative coverage.We’ll also break down comments made by royal in-law Mike Tindall about Prince Harry, comments made by the Princess of Wales about Bob the Builder, and comments made by Prince William about (gasp!) scones.Find Sarah at https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ or @smartbitches on IG. Sarah is also the author of novella Lighting the Flames and the book Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels, and is the co-author of Beyond Heaving Bosoms: the Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels. Sarah’s royal romance recs: Red White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuistonFalling Hard for the Royal Guard - Megan Clawson (lives inside Tower of London)The Royal We and/or The Heir Affair - Jessica Morgan, Heather CocksRoyals - Rachel Hawkins Her Royal Highness - Rachel HawkinsCheeky Royal - Nana MaloneA Princess in Theory - Alyssa ColeRoyal Holiday - Jasmine Guillory