1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I became Al Jazeera's Royal correspondent?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
2/. "Absolutely! But why me?"
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com/politics/2010/…
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com/politics/2010/…
3/. I'd been drafted in to help decode some of the more curious aspects of our royal family to @AJEnglish's l audience
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday – the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday – the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
4/. How wrong I was!
From 10am 'til 3pm, the studio kept cutting back from the Arab Spring to me & Felicity on the Mall where I side-stepped questions about Eugenie's hat & Pippa's bum to talk about the hereditary principle, Civil List & the class system!
From 10am 'til 3pm, the studio kept cutting back from the Arab Spring to me & Felicity on the Mall where I side-stepped questions about Eugenie's hat & Pippa's bum to talk about the hereditary principle, Civil List & the class system!
5/. In 2018, I was invited to put my Royal commentator's hat back on for #HarryandMeghan's wedding
The arrival of Meghan Markle - a woman directly descended from plantation slavery - offered an opportunity to discuss bigger issues of race, class & gender.
newsweek.com/dont-let-gover…
The arrival of Meghan Markle - a woman directly descended from plantation slavery - offered an opportunity to discuss bigger issues of race, class & gender.
newsweek.com/dont-let-gover…
6/. Ystdy, I was on @AJEnglish again to talk about #QueenElizabeth
Sadly, my accreditation for the Mall didn’t come through so I was speaking from Brighton where it seemed that most people were mainly looking forward to the #Jubilee for the 2-day holiday & extended pub hours!😀
Sadly, my accreditation for the Mall didn’t come through so I was speaking from Brighton where it seemed that most people were mainly looking forward to the #Jubilee for the 2-day holiday & extended pub hours!😀
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