> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Royals Round-Up, December 1st, 2017 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royals-round-up-december-1st-2017-12-2017/ - Published: 2017-12-01T21:00:27.000Z - Updated: 2017-12-01T21:18:57.000Z - Description: So, some stuff happened this week... - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, royal babies, Royals Round-Up, royalty, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:55, Wills and Kate [View the gallery](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royals-round-up-december-1st-2017/) Y'all, this week was BUSY AND EXCITING! Obviously, we had a PLETHORA of coverage of The Engagement, which I will link below, along with several Kate Events -- but this round-up is ALSO jam-packed. It's got a Letter from George, a dog delivering flowers, EXTREMELY cute Swedish royal children, needlepoint, winter sports, a lady in a bikini, tiaras, rumored country estates, AND MORE. In case you missed anything this week: HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE ENGAGED. [Here's the announcement and photocall.](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-are-engaged-11-2017/) [Here's their VERY CHARMING interview](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/meghan-markle-engagement-interview-11-2017/). Here's [further press coverage and more outfit details and mugs](https://www.gofugyourself.com/fug-nation-loves-meghan-markles-engagement-outfit-11-2017?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! Here's [a look back at the many royal engagement photos of yore](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/royal-engagements-history-11-2017/)! Here's our [Meghan Markle Style Retrospective!](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/meghan-markle-style-retrospective-engagement-11-2017/) French Elle[ Managed to Pull Off a Meghan Markle Cover this month!](https://www.gofugyourself.com/elle-france-sneaks-meghan-markle-onto-the-cover-12-2017?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Via trickery.) Here's our coverage of[ Harry and Meghan's first royal outing, which happened today.](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/harry-and-meghan-carry-out-their-first-royal-engagement-12-2017/) Kate is also still a person! [She visited a school where she talked to bugs and learned to whittle](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/kate-gardening-school-11-2017/)! She also w[ore this very cute patterned dress to a museum](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/kate-visits-the-foundling-museum-in-kate-spade-11-2017/)! (Said dress is [FINALLY available for purchase at Kate Spade](https://shopstyle.it/l/pwBL?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io); I feel like they must have been like, "you couldn't have worn that NEXT week?") And, finally, [if ever there were a time to read our novel, in which an American woman falls in love with a British prince](https://amzn.to/2jzcFtz?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)...it's possibly this week. AND ELSEWHERE, many many people wrote many many things this week, and I can only hope but to bring you a smattering of the royals coverage, which has been coming fast and furious: At Elle: [What Meghan Markle's Royal Engagement Means to 16 Black Women](https://www.elle.com/culture/amp13953908/meghan-markle-engagement-women-of-color/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Man Repeller: [Inside the Cult of Kate Middleton and Her Superfans](https://www.manrepeller.com/2017/11/kate-middleton-fashion.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Entertainment Weekly: [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: 17 books to read to celebrate the royal engagement (including ours)!](https://ew.com/books/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-best-books/a-storybook-romance/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Town & Country: [A Royal Photographer Tells the Story Behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Engagement Photos](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13939364/chris-jackson-royal-photographer-prince-harry-meghan-markle-engagement-photos/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At the New Yorker: [A logistically compelling piece about what titles Meghan and Harry might get, and why.](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/finding-the-right-titles-for-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Also at T&C: [This behind the scenes video of them at their engagement interview is...really charming.](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a13948693/meghan-markle-prince-harry-goofy-behind-the-scenes-interview-video/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At People: [Red, White and Blue Royalty! 12 Americans Who Found Love With Royals](https://people.com/royals/red-white-and-blue-royalty-12-americans-who-found-love-with-royals/ariana-austin/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#58d54f57-5bb0-4e18-893e-3675fdd93d95) Also at Elle: [Is the Meghan Markle Effect Already Happening?](https://www.elle.com/fashion/a13943881/coat-meghan-markle-engagement-photocall/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At INC, [an interesting piece on Meghan's new tax burdens (for real)](https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/prince-harrys-marriage-to-meghan-markle-means-irs-gets-a-look-at-royal-bank-accounts.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). WaPo reassures us all:[ Enjoying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s romance doesn’t make you a bad American](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/11/27/enjoying-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-romance-doesnt-make-you-a-bad-american/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) They've announced that[ Japanese Emperor Akihito is abdicating on April 30th, 2019](https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171201/p2g/00m/0dm/039000c?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). And, on social media: > Earlier today HRH The Countess of Wessex, Patron of London College of Fashion, [@UAL](https://twitter.com/UAL?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), attended the ‘Making for Change’ fashion training and manufacturing unit at HM Prison/Young Offender Institute Downview. [pic.twitter.com/KnslolgyX5](https://t.co/KnslolgyX5?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) > > — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) [November 30, 2017](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/936294320100999175?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) > The Queen is introduced to Una the elephant! [pic.twitter.com/RWux2oQQl2](https://t.co/RWux2oQQl2?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) > > — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) [November 30, 2017](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/936229977519017984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) > In the final visit of [#RoyalVisitFinland](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoyalVisitFinland?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) , The Duke meets [@FinnishAirForce](https://twitter.com/FinnishAirForce?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) pilots to learn more about their missions and tasks. [pic.twitter.com/F6OTOnLXD7](https://t.co/F6OTOnLXD7?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) > > — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) [November 30, 2017](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/936241605450838016?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Max and Wax are in Sin Maarten for a few days: https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIlTNPHhYm/?taken-by=koninklijkhuis This is charming even though I have NO IDEA what ANYONE is saying: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb4fy8zHUsL/?taken-by=koninklijkhuis https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIWSxvnVB2/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7lUEFnMOZ/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus These are some bold trousers: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7e\_uVHaJT/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus JEWELS: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb30lZmH2l3/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus She is visiting Ghana at the moment: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb2bE4ln8vy/?taken-by=detdanskekongehus ###### \[Photos: Joan Wakeham/REX/Shutterstock, REX/Shutterstock, PA Images/INSTARimages.com, Dominic Lipinski/PA Images/INSTARimages.com, Steve Parsons/PA Images/INSTARimages.com, Arnold Jerocki/ News Pictures/WENN.com, Cordoba Miguel/action press/REX/Shutterstock, Belen Diaz/DYDPPA/REX/Shutterstock, IBL/REX/Shutterstock, Isopix/REX/Shutterstock, Utrecht Robin/action press/REX/Shutterstock, People Picture/Willi Schneider/REX/Shutterstock\]