There are three notable people missing from the May 2023 coronation of King Charles III: Wallis Simpson, Diana Spencer, and Meghan Markle. These three outsiders each fell in love with a member of the royal family during different eras, created scandalous headlines, and ultimately challenged the monarchy’s core beliefs and enduring values. They offer a keyhole into the inscrutable inner workings of the royal family and provide a new perspective on what the monarchy could stand for in a modern era.

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From veteran New York Times culture reporter and Royals correspondent Sarah Lyall, Pushkin Industries presents Unroyal: Three Women Who Shook the Monarchy. 

Wallis Simpson, Diana Spencer and Meghan Markle all married into–and promptly challenged–the British royal family. In Unroyal, Sarah Lyall revisits the trio’s attempts to modernize the world’s most famous monarchy over the course of the last century. 

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From Steve Martin & New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, Pushkin Industries presents So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin.

In So Many Steves, Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life. This engrossing audio-biography was born from a series of conversations recorded over many afternoons at Steve’s home with his friend and neighbor, Adam Gopnik. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: apple.co/pushkin

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From Steve Martin & New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, Pushkin Industries presents So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin.

In So Many Steves, Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life. This engrossing audio-biography was born from a series of conversations recorded over many afternoons at Steve’s home with his friend and neighbor, Adam Gopnik. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: apple.co/pushkin

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