July 12th, 1979. Nickerbacher Avenue, Brooklyn. The lunch hour heat pressed down on the cramped patio behind Joe and Mary’s Italian-American restaurant like a hand over a mouth. Three men sat around a white metal table, their jackets draped over chair backs, wine glasses catching the noon sun. Carmine Galante raised a thick Cuban…
Chicago, 1989. A special grand jury just handed down a federal indictment. The name at the top of it, Mario Howard Lloyd. Now, here’s what they found when they finally got to him. Hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, 20 to $30 million in revenue, cars with secret compartments built like something out of a…
March 26th, 1987. Lower Manhattan. A packed press conference. Federal prosecutors, city detectives, hot lights, camera shutters, all of it aimed at one announcement. 10 alleged members of the Westies had just been hit with a RICO case built on eight murders, attempted murders, kidnapping, loan sharking, extortion, gambling, and drug dealing. …
At a private gathering in 1987, Camilla approached Diana. She came toward her with a smile and an extended hand. The kind of greeting Diana had accepted a hundred times before. This time she didn’t. She smiled and turned away. For a moment, the room didn’t move. Charles was standing right beside her. And…
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. November 25th, 1963, Washington, D.C. The funeral is over. The caisson has rolled past. The flame has been lit. Caroline is too young to understand the scale of what has happened. John Jr. is still a child…
I went in to see Mrs. Kennedy. Oh, it was a very, very hard thing to do. She said, “Oh, what if I had not been there? I am so glad I was there.” [music] >> November 22nd, 1963. Lovefield, Dallas, Texas. 2:47 in the afternoon. Air Force One lifts off the runway carrying…
Throughout her long life, Queen Elizabeth II was sustained not only by duty and family, but also by a close circle of personal friends who shared her private moments away from the public eye. In this documentary style narrative, we explore several of her majesty’s dearest friends, from childhood playmates to later life confidants….
Welcome back to the channel, royal enthusiasts. If you’ve been following the British monarchy, you know that the York family hasn’t exactly been the poster children for dignity and restraint. Today, we’re diving deep into the fascinating, deeply problematic and absolutely scandalous lives of Princess Beatatrice and Princess Euenei. Two sisters who’ve spent their…
September 14th, 2022, London. The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried in procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where she will lie in state. Among the mourners walking behind it, Princess Alexandra, her daughter Marina, her son James, his wife Julia. A photographer files a caption. Princess Alexandra, James Ogilvy,…
In the spring of 1939, Cecil Beaton arrived at Buckingham Palace with his camera, his trademark soft-focus aesthetic, and a clear brief. He wasn’t there to document the new Queen of England as she was. He was there to define her as she needed to be seen. The portraits he produced, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in…
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