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Who would say no to a fancy royal title? I don’t know about you, but Your Royal Highness or even milady sound pretty great to me. Well, as it turns out, some titles are more of a curse than a blessing. In fact, there’s one title in the British royal family’s lineage that may literally be cursed! We’re not just talking a little unlucky in love. We’re talking so bad that it’s effectively been banned from use. Yikes! Also, we’re totally intrigued, and we’re betting you are too. So which title comes with a whole lot of baggage, and what happened to the royals to whom it was given? And could it ever be brought back from (ahem) the dead? We asked royal historian Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty , to shed some light on the title no modern royal would likely ever want. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more royals, history, hu...

As a mom, I rarely have the luxury of grocery shopping by myself. Instead, I almost always have one or two kids doing laps around the shopping cart and asking me to open snacks I have yet to pay for—all while I’m feeling avocados to try to find some that are ripe enough to eat that night. So naturally, I sometimes forget to open the egg carton to check for cracked shells as I’m cruising down the dairy aisle . Which has led me to wonder: Do I really need to throw away eggs that are already cracked before I bring them home? And how about eggs that accidentally break on the way home? I mean, it’s not like I’m going to eat them raw—they’re going to get cooked. I would hate to throw them out if I didn’t have to, both because eggs are so darn expensive these days and because chucking a few would require me to head back to the grocery store sooner than I want to. That said, I also don’t want to accidentally poison my entire family. So what...

If you could turn a camera on yourself in a movie theater, what would you see? If you’re watching the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything , like I did last week, your face would probably be a mix of shock, bemusement, anger and overall slack-jawed incredulity at how we arrived at this moment in time. Like, what is even happening here? This strange movie about an equally strange character is mesmerizing, just like Holmes’s deep-welled, occasionally blinking blue eyes that have become a fixture over the last decade or so of her rise and fall. It’s a movie you can’t stop starting at, even as you want to avert your gaze, because it raises so many uncomfortable questions about our current moment, what we value and even reality itself. The A24 production, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, opened last weekend with a $15 million box-office haul, the biggest opener for a documentary since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 back in 2...

We’ve all heard the feel-good stories about DNA testing exonerating the wrongly accused, catching a killer or reuniting long-lost relatives. These situations are often framed by local news anchors and law enforcement as triumphs of technology, and sometimes they are. But voluntarily submitting your DNA to a genealogy testing company—as 21% of Americans have, according to a 2025 YouGov poll—can have unintended consequences. I can hear you thinking: What could be the harm? I’m not a criminal! And I would love to meet my fourth cousin twice removed ! Of course, a family reunion sounds fun (and hopefully you’re not on the FBI’s Most Wanted list), but once you give that spit or swab sample over to one of those companies, the “good” and “bad” tentacles of DNA testing can be impossible to untangle. “Nobody is against catching serial killers,” says Natalie Ram, a professor of law at the University of Maryland Francis King C...

Debate time: Would you wear a Halloween costume on a flight? Would you look askance at someone who did? What if they sat right next to you or draped their Morticia Addams wig all over your tray table from the next row up? I have not had the pleasure of sitting next to a costumed Halloween reveler, and due to my rather reserved personality, I can’t imagine wearing one myself, but hey—you be you! ‘Tis the season for fall travel , and during this last stretch of October, there are bound to be people all over this country wondering if the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will even let them dress up for Halloween on their flights. So, to help all you outgoing types plan around the spooky season, I checked in with someone who knows what he’s talking about: a former TSA official. “I can tell you that TSA officers have seen just about everything come through a security checkpoint,” says Keith Jeffries, a 20-year veteran of the TSA who is now a vi...

If anyone knows how to keep readers under her spell, it’s Leigh Bardugo. The No. 1 New York Times– bestselling fantasy author is the mastermind behind the wildly popular Grishaverse, which includes the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology (and inspired a Netflix series). Known for creating worlds filled with dark magic, morally complicated characters and plot twists that leave readers reeling, Bardugo has built a literary universe fans can’t get enough of. And with millions of books sold worldwide and a Goodreads Choice Award to her name, it’s safe to say she’s worked a little magic of her own. Now, Bardugo is closing another chapter with Dead Beat , the third and final installment in her Alex Stern trilogy, released in September. But whether you’re new to the series or haven’t reached the final page yet, don’t assume you’ve seen the last of its characters. “All of my finales end with a little bit of an open door...