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5 days ago | tatler.com | Isaac Bickerstaff

Hold onto your shoulder pads and polish up your best double entendres, because a second season of Rivals – the runaway hit Disney+ show based on Jilly Cooper's bestselling novel – will begin filming this month. The first iteration of Dame Jilly's 80s tale of Cotswolds sexual politics and naked tennis-playing starred Alex Hassell, David Tennant, Nafessa Williams, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson, romping their way around country piles and hunting dinners.

5 days ago | tatler.com | Ben Jureidini

When Imelda Staunton took to the stage to accept her fifth Olivier Award for Hello, Dolly, she had two things on her mind. One, family. Two, citizenship. ‘If I may say something to my late mum, whose name was Bridie McNicholas,’ she told the Royal Albert Hall, adding, ‘Great name, must renew Irish passport.’ The actress then went on to shout out her daughter, Bridgerton star Bessie Carter.

5 days ago | tatler.com | Clara Strunck

As Shakespeare once said, ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ – but one new bloom has recently been given a very important moniker indeed. The RHS has named a rose, bred by Harness Roses, for the Princess of Wales, intended to celebrate the healing power of nature that Kate has spoken about so often in recent months.

5 days ago | tatler.com | Tamzin Reynolds

Are you Team Stockdale or Team Whitaker? It was the only question that mattered when Tatler took to the saddle for an arena polo session with two of British showjumping’s brightest stars, Joe Stockdale and Jack Whitaker. Not through any tactical decision, this writer ended up on Team Whitaker, as the boys swapped fences for polo sticks in a hotly contested chukka in the run-up to this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show, from 15 to 18 May.

5 days ago | tatler.com | Clara Strunck

It was a grand occasion for which any guest would have been forgiven for donning designer garb – but Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, showed off her new taste for low-key style at the VE Day concert in London. The royal chose a stunning white outfit from high street favourite, Self-Portrait (which she has worn for several events before) and teamed it with understated accessories, such as a black hair bow from Jigsaw that cost just £20.