The uncle memoir at the heart of the traitor row is part of a lucrative publishing niche, and the business model behind it is more interesting than the gossip Grief, Gossip and the Bestseller Lists Let me say at the outset that I have enormous […]
The Insider Industry: How Anonymous Royal Sources Became a Business Model for the Media
The traitor claim travelled the world on the word of one unnamed person, and the economics behind that journey tell us a lot about the British media business Follow the Clicks I have covered business in London long enough to know that when a story […]
Brand Windsor Under Pressure: Reputation Management Lessons From the Royal Traitor Row
Every consumer brand fears a public family feud among its founders, and the monarchy is, among other things, one of the most valuable brands in Britain A Brand With a Family Problem Marketing people in London often talk about the monarchy as a brand, sometimes […]
The Crown Estate, the Althorp Estate and the Business of Owning Very Old Land
Behind the royal traitor row sit two very different kinds of estate, one run like a commercial property portfolio and one run like a family seat, and both are fascinating businesses Land, Not Just Lineage For all the talk of betrayal and books, the London […]
The Firm Has a Succession Problem: What the Royal Traitor Row Teaches British Family Businesses
Strip away the crowns and the royal feud looks like a textbook family-business dispute, the kind that quietly sinks thousands of UK firms every year Call It What It Is: A Family Firm The royal family has long been nicknamed The Firm, a label that […]