Contents

Issue No. 717

PAGE 56 "Princess Anne is a true style icon."

Features

44 The Eye of the Storm

BY ALEX MAJOLI

The documentary photographer provides a searing visual portrait of the COVID-19 pandemic in his native Italy, a nation of 60 million people locked in place.

56 A Royal Spark

BY KATIE NICHOLL

Sharp-witted and remarkably down-to-earth, Princess Anne, who turns 70 this summer, is busier than ever—just when the royal family needs her most.

66 Is the Force Still With Jack Dorsey?

BY NICK BILTON

The founder and CEO of Twitter and Square was seen as a Zen-like tech genius who could run two companies at once. But his days at Twitter may be numbered.

70 Palace Intrigue

BY YOHANA DESTA PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMMA SUMMERTON

Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult—costars of Hulu's new series The Great, about Russian monarch Catherine the Great— conspire in regal fashion.

TWEET STREET 5 MILES

Distance Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he walks to work [P. 66]

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Features

78 Club Rules

BY KATE ANDERSEN BROWER ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE TOFANELLI

Trump loves to disparage his predecessors. But what do America's former presidents think of him? A look at one elite club that he won't be able to buy his way into when he leaves office.

86 Desert Storm

BY ANTHONY BREZNICAN

An exclusive peek at the upcoming film remake of Dune, the 1960s sci-fi novel.

90 Murder at Sutton Place

BY CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN

The surrogate son of New York's "jeweler to the stars" was a flashy success story. But was he guilty of murder, or just its grisly cover-up?

Columns

40 The British Tabloid Invasion

BY JOE POMPEO

DailyMail.com, the U.S. arm of the U.K.'s Daily Mail, is thriving in a shrunken media world—a BritishAmerican mash-up, like Harry and Meghan, with mass-market appeal.

Vanities

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25 Opening Act Adrienne Warren channels a music legend

26/Culture A bevy of royalsrelated books and trinkets

30/Trending Garments inspired by Alice in Wonderland

33 The Gallery A chic Champagne tote

36/My Stuff Princess Marie-Chantal's favorite things

38/Fairground The art world goes to Hollywood at Frieze L.A.

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"My English master once said I had the brain of a butterfly." — HELENA BONHAM CARTER, P. 106

20 Editor's Letter

22 Contributors

106 Proust Questionnaire

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