The two biggest stories in the gossip world this week aren't really about entertainers. One is about a Prince and Duchess navigating exile, money, and family. The other is about a President's closest aide and how much of the country's information pipeline apparently runs through her. On their own, details like where someone lives or who they're standing a little too close to can look flimsy, easy to wave off as gossip for gossip's sake. But they dominate news cycles because they rarely stay that small. They're the visible edge of bigger questions, about power, money, and control, that the people involved would much rather keep private. That's the case for celebrity journalism, and it's why we do it here: the escapism is real, but so is what's underneath it. Two stories this week that make the point better than most.

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