Unroyal: Three Women Who Shook the Monarchy

Wallis, Diana and Meghan: Three Wives, One Grave Narrative

Wallis Simpson, Diana Spencer and Meghan Markle all married into-and promptly challenged-the British royal family. In Unroyal, veteran New York Times culture reporter and Royals correspondent Sarah Lyall revisits the trio's attempts to modernize the world's most famous monarchy over the course of the last century.

Through the lens of media coverage (three incendiary bombshell TV interviews, in particular), Lyall's singular point of ...