Sunday, July 8, 2018

The Guessing Game - Updated

What will be on the cover of People this week? My guesses:

The Thai soccer players: As I'm writing on Sunday morning, four of the boys are confirmed to have been rescued
Chris Brown: Arrested in Florida for a 2017 incident
Rosey Blair: Filmed two passengers on a plane getting to know each other, the video went viral
"Sully:" President George H.W. Bush's new service dog. He has his own Instagram account (see below)
Katharine McPhee: Engaged to David Foster, who is 34 years her senior
Ashley Greene: Married
Robert F. Kennedy III: RFK's grandson got married yesterday at the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port. The most interesting part is that his bride used to be a spy. According to People, in her Twitter bio she describes herself as a "former CIA clandestine service operative." Wow 


Sunday afternoon update: Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are engaged

Monday morning, update #2: Prince Louis, and/or William and Kate with their three children. Louis's christening is today and his godparents have just been announced. If a good picture comes out of today's festivities, it will almost certainly be the main story on this week's cover. Interestingly, it's been announced that the Queen and her husband Prince Philip will not attend the ceremony:

The Queen’s absence is likely due to her busy schedule. She just capped off a heavy work week and she has another one in the week ahead. Amid other commitments, she is marking the 100th birthday of the Royal Air Force at a Westminster Abbey service in London on Tuesday and a flypast by a huge array of aircraft over Buckingham Palace. She will also host President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle on Friday. (From a story at people.com, read it here.)

The Queen has my sympathy on having to pretend to enjoy meeting our wretched president later this week. Melania will be with him, could this be the week People puts her on the cover, as she prepares to go to London to meet the Queen? We'll see.

Stories that appear on the new cover will be highlighted in green. See the new cover here.

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