Digested week: Trump and De Niro aren’t helping my coronation hangover | Emma Brockes
Elizabeth Holmes' bizarre New York Times interview kicks off the comedown from royal festivities
It is not a bank holiday in the US but for those of us who observed the coronation on Saturday, Monday is still very much a day of recovery, not least because in our time zones it all started before dawn. Like the British reluctance to watch US commentary for football matches, no one's first choice for the coronation was the American networks. Savannah Guthrie in London for NBC News wore a lace-effect top that - nothing like a royal event to flush out one's most unacceptable opinions - I thought was frankly inappropriate, and the NBC correspondents ran around with huge grins (also inappropriate). Needs must, however, and as it became clear that the BBC, tugging its forelock practically out by the roots, was going to skimp on shots of Prince Harry, it was necessary to switch channels.
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