Katie Rook has been covering entertainment news for more than five years. She is an expert on the British royal family, covering Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle, and Princess Diana. Katie also follows reality TV and writes about shows such as Vanderpump Rules. Katie has always been interested in celebrities’ lives, though she loves taking the angles of body positivity and self-love – and loves seeing icons who lean into those spheres. Katie looks to social media to keep up with the latest celebrity trends and loves reading to keep up with entertainment news. Her coverage examines the the lives and careers of vintage artists such as Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Johnny Carson.
Katie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Penn State University and a Master’s in legal studies from Kaplan University (now part of Purdue University). She’s been passionate about writing for equally as long as she’s been a “geek” for pop culture – several decades.
Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, had strong feelings about the interview Princess Diana gave the BBC in 1995, according to a royal biographer.
Meghan Markle seemed surprised when recent high school graduates said "bimbo" was a term they heard on TikTok, being used to break through stereotypes and reclaim the word.
One royal expert thinks Kate Middleton and Prince William were likely dealing with difficult times in their recent transition to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might not have wanted to leave all of their duties as senior royals behind but were likely only provided two options, according to a royal expert.
According to Joanna Gaines, getting her mother's "full holiday meal plan" for Thanksgiving written down was difficult because of how her mom prefers to cook.
According to Princess Diana's former chief of staff, she was the target of a "systematic campaign" by courtiers for King Charles III to make her look "troubled."
A body language expert contrasted Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle's relationships with cameras, noting that one seems more confident than the other when photographed.
According to a royal biographer who worked closely with Princess Diana, there is more than one "big difference" between Diana's marriage to Charles compared to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Joanna Gaines revealed that she's "wrestling" with her role in the Magnolia business after 20 years of building the brand into an empire with Chip Gaines.
Britney Spears seemed surprised and maybe a little offended when her husband, Sam Asghari, made an on-the-spot request for her to go live on Instagram from bed.
According to a former contestant on 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here,' Mike Tindall was "disrespectful" when he shared "too much information" about his mother-in-law, Princess Anne.