Vanity Fair

As Royal Ascot 2026 draws to a close, we look back on this year's show-stopping fashion and glamorous style

A former employee of the clinic where Kate Middleton was admitted for abdominal surgery in early 2024 allegedly attempted to access the Princess of Wales's “highly sensitive personal information” with a plan to “disclose it for financial gain.”

An official tells Vanity Fair that rumors of a declined invitation are false—but no championship-winning NBA team has ever visited the Trump White House.

When President Trump’s unwanted advances toward Greenland escalated into veiled threats of force, Joshua Hunt was there to watch distinguished members of the global news media slip and slide across frozen sidewalks as they covered a tragicomic attack on the world order.

Much like other politicians seeking a rebrand, the vice president has been auditioning a kinder, gentler JD Vance as he promotes his new memoir about converting to Catholicism.

The pop superstar is designer Matthieu Blazy’s first Chanel bride.

The 43-year-old actor is expecting another child with her husband, Adam Shulman.

But the reviews for Disclosure Day among the experts on UAP—unidentified aerial phenomena—are decidedly mixed.

If women see the stories of female true-crime victims as survival guides, what do they get from the viral Netflix docs about incarcerated women like Maternal Instinct’s Taylor Parker and The Crash’s Mackenzie Shirilla?

A newly revised lawsuit filed by water polo player Aidan Romain claims that in 2020, Van der Woude told a Jewish peer words to the effect of: “Die in an oven.” Meanwhile, Black parents at Harvard-Westlake School say they are angry about the school’s lack of accountability in addressing discrimination: “Hopefully they are taking action. What action? I have no idea.”

In a world replete with fresh horrors that cross our vision every day, news about the mass theft of candy, sex toys, and olive oil feels—dare we say it?—fun by comparison.

A decade after her “Girls Like Girls” music video broke the queer internet, former Disney Channel star Kiyoko is recreating her coming-of-age love story for the next generation.

Hermès unveils a new “house” at 166 New Bond Street that defies all established retail conventions. What’s in store? A one-of-a-kind journey through craftsmanship, English exuberance, and works of art that tell great stories.

The breakout of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts talks sharing her religious beliefs on TV, the injury that halted her final season, and why she made the decision to leave the show that made her a star.

Earlier this week, Kensington Palace announced that the future king will attend the prestigious boarding school where his father and uncle, Prince Harry, were both educated.

Disclosure Day reminds us of the legend’s unique ability to create sci-fi epics that explore humanity with a sense of earnestness that feels both from another time and desperately needed today.

While many fans are turning up their nose at the idea of the A-list couple celebrating their nuptials at MSG, the arena is actually a perfect venue for the superstars, logistically and spiritually.

Loro Piana’s annual Giraglia Regatta introduced me to the magic of Saint-Tropez, and experiencing the South of France on a yacht showed me that money can buy happiness.

As season three of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts debuts, the veteran reality star looks back on 20 years of TV and shares how online negativity has found its way into the DCC locker room.