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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 8 July 2019
Royal baby Archie christened at private Windsor ceremony

By JILL LAWLESS Harry’s late mother Princess
Associated Press Diana.
LONDON (AP) — The young- Archie’s great-grandmoth-
est member of Britain’s roy- er, Queen Elizabeth II, did
al family, Archie Harrison not attend the christen-
Mountbatten-Windsor, was ing because of a prior en-
christened at Windsor Cas- gagement.
tle on Saturday in a private Meghan and Harry have
ceremony — too private for faced criticism for declining
some royal fans. to reveal the names of Ar-
The 2-month-old son of the chie’s godparents, and not
Duke and Duchess of Sus- giving the public a glimpse
sex was baptized in the of the event — though that
castle’s private chapel by didn’t stop well-wishers
Archbishop of Canterbury coming to Windsor with
Justin Welby, head of the Union Jack flags, banners
Church of England. and even a cake to mark
Palace officials said that, the occasion.
in keeping with royal tradi- Harry, whose mother Diana
tion, Archie wore a lace was pursued by paparazzi
and satin christening gown until her death in a Paris car
— a replica of one made crash in 1997, has long had
for Queen Victoria’s eldest a tense relationship with
daughter in 1841 — that the media. The tension in-
was also used for his cous- tensified after he began his
ins Prince George, Princess relationship with Meghan,
Charlotte and Prince Louis. an American former ac-
He was sprinkled with water tress who starred in TV legal
from the River Jordan at an drama “Suits.”
ornate silver baptismal font In May, Harry accepted
that has been used in royal damages and an apol-
christenings for more than ogy from a news agency
150 years. This is the official christening photo released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Saturday, July that used a helicopter to
Archie, born May 6, is the 6, 2019, showing Britain’s Prince Harry, front row, second left and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex take photos of a secluded
first child of Prince Harry with their son, Archie. rural retreat that he and
and the former Meghan Associated Press Meghan had rented.
Markle, and seventh in line white image showing the color portrait taken in the Kate; Harry’s father Prince Earlier this year the couple
to the British throne. couple cradling a tranquil castle’s Green Drawing Charles and his wife Ca- moved from central Lon-
His parents released two Archie between them, with Room of the young fam- milla; Meghan’s mother don to a more secluded
photos taken by fashion the castle’s Rose Garden in ily surrounded by relatives, Doria Ragland; and Jane home near Windsor Castle,
photographer Chris Aller- the background. including Harry’s brother Fellowes and Sarah Mc- some 25 miles (40 kilome-
ton, including a black-and- It was accompanied by a Prince William and his wife Corquodale, the sisters of ters) west of London. q

A house sitter becomes a target in ‘Lock Every Door’

By OLINE H. COGDILL er “behemoths,” the Bar- Faster than one can say ability that stems from be-
Associated Press tholomew was “small, intri- “Rosemary’s Baby,” Jules ing alone in the world since
“Lock Every Door” by Riley cate, memorable.” begins to notice oddities her sister disappeared four
Sager (Dutton) In addition to staying in her in the building, strange years before, followed by
A historical New York City dream apartment, the job sounds and unusual archi- her parents’ death. Jules
apartment building com- would help Jules rebuild tecture. Even the wallpa- wants to belong and to
plete with wealthy celebri- her life. Jobless since her per takes on a sinister feel- have a home. She believes
ty residents, gargoyles and company downsized and ing. Are those really flow- she has found that, how-
a storied legacy including homeless since she moved ers or eyes watching her? ever temporarily, especially
the setting of a best-selling out of her cheating boy- News stories about myste- when it seems the author of
book would seem to be the friend’s apartment, Jules rious deaths and rumors of her favorite book takes an
ideal place to call home. has been sleeping on her hauntings are forwarded to interest in her.
The location couldn’t be only friend’s couch. The her by a friend. Jules strikes Dedicated to Ira Levin, the
better, even if the stay is job would give her a place up a friendship with an- prophetically titled “Lock
temporary_a three-month to live and pay $12,000 for other apartment sitter who Every Door” builds to a
apartment-sitting stint, the three months, giving disappears one night. Turns devastating finale that is
thinks Jules Larsen, the This cover image released her time to look for employ- out the young woman isn’t more chilling_and believ-
young, down-on-her-luck by Dutton shows “Lock Every ment. The job comes with the only apartment sitter able_than Rosemary giving
heroine in the deliciously Door,” a novel by Riley Sager. just a few rules — no visitors, who abruptly left. birth to the son of Satan.
frightening “Lock Every Associated Press ever; no spending an entire Tension accelerates with Sager uses the darkening
Door.” cated near the more fa- night away; no bothering each day’s stay as Riley atmosphere and the tiniest
Jules can’t believe that mous Dakota and the San the residents or gossiping Sager keeps the suspense thing that goes bump in the
the ad for house sitter is for Remo, the Bartholomew about them. Seems fair, grounded in reality in his night, for the utmost terror.
a luxury apartment at the — “a mere wisp of thing” thinks Jules, who ignores third novel. The appealing As for locking every door —
Bartholomew, the locale only 13 stories tall —had its that adage, if it’s too good Jules has an inner strength that may not be enough to
of her favorite novel. Lo- own lore. Unlike those oth- to be true, it probably is. but also an acute vulner- keep out real evil.q