What Prince William really wanted for a wedding gift
Chef Carolyn Robb gave William a taste for her chocolate biscuit cake
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Patricia Treble
Patricia Treble is the royal specialist at Maclean’s. In addition to her interest in all things monarchical—from the Queen’s constitutional role to Kate’s flyaway hems—she writes on everything from TV, books and celebrity culture to history and sports trends.
What to give the Queen for her 90th? A brooch, of course.
Her vast collection runs the gamut from historic to frivolous
The Queen in her most important role: as ’Gan-Gan’
As Queen Elizabeth II turns 90, a series of Annie Leibovitz portraits show that it’s family that matters most to Her Majesty
The enigmatic masterpieces of Vilhelm Hammershøi
A masterwork by a forgotten icon of Scandinavian art comes to the Art Gallery of Ontario
How to make Queen Elizabeth cake (Happy Birthday, Your Maj!)
Celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday by creating the cake that bears her name
Meeting Her Majesty
As Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday, Maclean’s royal watcher Patricia Treble tracks down Canadians who have met Her Majesty.
Will Kate ever learn to avoid ’Marilyn Monroe’ moments?
She’s been a royal for five years, yet the hair-and-hem mishaps keep coming
Under the Great Bear Sea, a roaring trove of natural treasures
See why conservationists want protection for the Great Bear Sea, one of the world’s most spectacular marine biosystems
A dead king and now a winning football club: Leicester’s renaissance
A year after Richard III was buried, Leicester can’t stop its winning ways
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and the mystery of the disappearing hyphen
The approved hyphen has vanished from the name of Justin Trudeau’s wife. What remains unanswered is: why?