Juliet Rieden

On the occasion of her 50th birthday Tasmanian-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark shares new and unseen photos and talks about her most treasured moments to Juliet Rieden, who also reflects on a decade of interviewing the royal at home and abroad.

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Juliet Rieden

Journalist, non-fiction author, royal correspondent & books editor

Happy Birthday Crown Princess Mary!

History has pitched them as bitter rivals, but a thrilling new letter written by Elizabeth I in 1584 for the cousin she later executed changes everything we think we know about these two powerful queens.

Joanna Lumley believes in the mystery of monarchy, thinks The Crown TV series is “rubbish” and sees The Queen as the mother of the nation. In a fascinating interview with Juliet Rieden, the 75-year-old talks about royalty, growing wiser and why we must teach our children better.

He’s best known as drag diva Courtney Act, but beneath the wig, eyelashes and fabulous frocks is Shane Jenek, the boy from Brisbane. In a heartrending interview he talks to Juliet Rieden about how he conquered shame, bullying and social conventions to show the world who he really is.

Love, fatherhood and leaving the “beautiful game” have shaped a brave new world for Adam Goodes, whose latest project – a five-book collaboration – delivers a vital message to our children.

Dick Smith was the class dork who became a multimillionaire and then risked his life in spine-tingling adventures circumnavigating the world. Fearing she might lose him every step of the way was the love of his life, Pip.

When high-profile political journalists Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales started a podcast characterised by their own madcap friendship, it showed them what happiness is all about, they tell Juliet Rieden.

They always admired each other from afar but when Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman finally joined forces in TV’s Total Control they were not only in fan-girl heaven, they became instant friends.

Suddenly actor Miriam Margolyes is 80 with so much left to do. In a brutally honest interview about her new memoir she tells Juliet Rieden “the unvarnished truth”, including how a fat Jewish girl with passion, a sense of fun and deep insecurity found – and nearly lost – true love.