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The Dynasty Issue /No. 738

Vanities

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21 / Opening Act

Actor Quincy Isaiah on becoming Magic Johnson.

27 / The Gallery

Gardeninspired luxury sparkle.

30 / Trending

Lavender, indigo, and purple abound.

33 / My Stuff

Inside the colorful world of Talita von Furstenberg.

34 / Beautiful Dark Twisted Galaxy

The many connections of Kanye West.

36 / Books

Inside two coastal art meccas.

37 / Beauty

Rose scents that go beyond grandmotherly.

Columns

38 Language Barrier

BY MICHAEL IDOV ILLUSTRATION BY PETER OUMANSKI

The creator of Londongrad on rethinking his lifelong dream of connecting Russia and the West.

40 Mr. Dylan's Dream House

BY DOUGLAS BRINKLEY

The author and historian on Bob Dylan's new museum.

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"Coming to the South has been like, holy shit, I'm not alone." —ALLISON RUSSELL

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Value of unmined cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's KOV mine. The metal has increased from $29,000 per metric ton in July 2020 to $82,000 as of late March. [P. 74]

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The Dynasty Issue /No. 738

Features

42 The Mon archy at a Crossroads

ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEWEY SAUNDERS

42 / The Queen of Hearts As the Windsors navigate an uncertain future, perhaps no one is better positioned than Camilla Parker Bowles.

BY KATIE NICHOLL

46 / Diana's Last Dance

A former V.F. editor in chief—and expert on all things Diana—on the princess's complicated relationship with the press.

BY TINA BROWN

50 / The Incredible Shrinking House of Windsor How an effort to reduce the official cast of palace players has upended millennial royal-dom.

BY ERIN VANDERHOOF

54 All in the Family

BY JAMES REGINATO

Checking in with the fourth generation of one of America's most fraught and fabulous dynasties: the Gettys.

Features

60 Free Radicals

BY JAMES POGUE ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN STAUFFER

They're not MAGA. They're not Q. They're the intellectual New Right. And they're ready to burn it all down.

66 Modern Folklore

BY TRESSIE McMILLAN COTTOM PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIRANDA BARNES

Meet the young Black women remaking country music, in sound and style.

74 Green Gold

BY WILLEM MARX PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD MOSSE

Inside the dirty business of cobalt mining, where billionaires are aiming for savior status—from Africa to the Arctic.

84 Confessions of a Mob Chef

BY GABE SHERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY GILLIAN LAUB

The once-lauded chef David Ruggerio comes clean about his double life in the Mob— and what it cost him.

"To really, truly be in the streets, you gotta have a black heart."

— DAVID RUGGERIO [P.84]

16 Editor's Letter

18 Contributors

102 Proust Questionnaire

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