Vanity Fair

art history
An Alleged Art Smuggler Takes Aim at the Mafia
With his own freedom in the balance, William Veres is now aiding in the search for one of the world’s most important missing paintings.
By Simon Willis
Politics
The Painful Stories Behind Abortion Restrictions
A couple trying to conceive, an ultrasound technician, and a gay pastor share their experiences with abortion in post-Roe America.
By Abigail Tracy
Shot List
An American Classic, Reimagined
The inside story on The Color Purple reveals how the musical adaptation’s gorgeous, subtle vision was unlocked.
By David Canfield
TRENDING
Hollywood
The Best Movies of 2023
The Archive
Kissinger Declassified
The story behind the horrifying complicity of the former US secretary of state.
BEYOND THE CROWN
The Crown
The Sad, Strange Details of Princess Diana’s Last Vacation
Inside Princess Diana’s final trip aboard the Jonikal, with Dodi Fayed, which is reimagined in The Crown’s sixth season.
By Julie Miller
The Crown
How Royal Rebel Princess Diana Reshaped the Family Dynamics
In honor of the first episodes of The Crown’s final season, a look back at how Princess Diana reshaped royal relationships while raising sons William and Harry.
By Julie Miller
The Crown
Who Was the Lone Survivor of Princess Diana’s Fatal Crash?
“I have never seen so many fractures on a man who was still alive,” said the surgeon who treated Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones.?
By Julie Miller
god save the queen
See The Crown’s Final-Season Cast and Their Real-Life Counterparts
Kate and Pippa Middleton are among the new characters depicted in the final season of Netflix’s The Crown.
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By Julie Miller
THE HIVE
Politics, Power, and Personality. Read more ?
Middle East
Kamala Harris: “Under No Circumstances” Will US Allow Forced Relocation of Palestinians
By Jack McCordick
2020 ELECTION
Trump Doesn’t Have a “Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free” Pass in 2020 Election Subversion Prosecution: Judge
By Jack McCordick
Lies, Lies, and More Lies
George Santos Has Been Booted From Congress: A Look Back at His Most Absurd Lies and Cons
By Bess Levin
Middle East
Kamala Harris: “Under No Circumstances” Will US Allow Forced Relocation of Palestinians
By Jack McCordick
2020 ELECTION
Trump Doesn’t Have a “Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free” Pass in 2020 Election Subversion Prosecution: Judge
By Jack McCordick
Lies, Lies, and More Lies
George Santos Has Been Booted From Congress: A Look Back at His Most Absurd Lies and Cons
By Bess Levin
Inside the Hive
Monica Lewinsky on Her Plan to Fix the Constitution
HOLLYWOOD
TV, Film, and Awards. Read more ?
these are their stories
The 19 Best True-Crime Documentaries to Binge Right Now
Awards Insider!
Behind May December’s True Stories and Imagined Realities
VANITIES
Culture, Style, Celebrity, and Royals. Read more ?
Odds On Favorite
Is Taylor Swift Heading to Green Bay to Cheer for Travis Kelce in Sunday's NFL Matchup? ?
By Eve Batey
Odds On Favorite
Is Taylor Swift Heading to Green Bay to Cheer for Travis Kelce in Sunday's NFL Matchup? ?
By Eve Batey
the swift-space continuum
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s Breakup Timeline May Have Just Been Dismantled By Jack Antonoff
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IN PHOTOGRAPHS
VINTAGE ROYAL
How Cecil Beaton Helped Invent Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
The bon vivant royal photographer made portraits of the Windsors for more than 50 years, helping establish their legacy in the public eye. A new book from the Victoria and Albert Museum offers an intimate view of his mythmaking work.
By Claudia Acott Williams
Photography by Cecil Beaton