Juliet Rieden

Blanche d’Alpuget was polishing her final Plantagenet novel when she found a tiny lump in her breast. In an emotional interview she reveals why she sees the cancer as a blessing in disguise.

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Juliet Rieden

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

Every day Sam Bloom longs for the surf-loving woman she used to be before a tragic accident injured her spinal cord. But the unstoppable love of her husband and sons plus a remarkable friendship with an injured magpie made her want to live again.

Brutally kidnapped by rebel soldiers in Sierra Leone’s war, Aminata Conteh-Biger escaped to safety in Australia. Now this courageous trailblazer is saving the lives of mothers and babies back in her hometown writes Juliet Rieden.

“I’m a born fighter”

At 82 Jane Fonda tells Juliet Rieden she’s finally her best self, fighting for her grandchildren’s future, without husbands or lovers to please and for the first time embracing ‘the whole Jane’.

Julie Walters tells Juliet Rieden about starring in a magical new movie adaptation of The Secret Garden, how the story resonated with her own childhood and the health scare during filming that made her reassess her life.

Harry and Meghan: the real story. The authors of the explosive Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom tell Juliet Rieden how they uncovered the truth behind the headlines and why friends and aides were at such pains to set the record straight.

Four years ago Auschwitz survivor Elizabeth Just discovered she had an extraordinary talent for copying art’s great masters. Painting connected her to her childhood. Here she tells Juliet Rieden her incredible life story.

ROYAL INSIDER Behind Palace Gates with Juliet Rieden

It’s 120 years since The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published, so why does it feel so modern? Juliet Rieden heads back to the Emerald City to explore the enduring appeal of Dorothy and her band of misfits.

When Deborah Hutton was rushed in for surgery on a facial skin cancer, she was shocked to hear it had been caught “just in time”. In an emotional interview she tells Juliet Rieden about the wake-up call we all need to hear.