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6 May 2021 Will Wiles The more Will Wiles thinks about ‘palace intrigue’, the more significant he finds the way architecture lends its language to suspicious manoeuvrings The grand walking and talking spaces of Hatfield House. Credit: Hatfield House The word ‘palace’ derives from the Palatine Hill in Rome, site of the emperor’s mansions. While the garden setting of Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey was not obviously palatial, it was somewhat palatine, with vine-tangled columns and Mediterranean sunshine. What the press, foreign and domestic, agreed, was that it was rich in ‘palace intrigue’. During the inescapable rumpus which surrounded the interview, that cliché bounced around in my head. Cliché is, generally, a substitute for thought, a worn-out expression that doesn’t require any new brain activity. The words ‘palace’ and ‘intrigue’ are locked together so often that one now adds very little to the other. But let ....