This week on “Sunday Morning” (May 20)
COVER STORY: The royal wedding
Mark Phillips reports on Prince Harry and American Meghan Markle tying the knot.
ALMANAC: TBD
The remote tropical island St.Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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ISLAND-HOPPING: St. Helena
Conor Knighton travels to the isolated speck of land off the coast of Africa, where residents of the British-controlled island maintain ties to the homeland 4,500 miles away.
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Several members of the Kanneh-Mason family in rehearsal.
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MUSIC: The Kanneh-Masons
They’re the family that plays together: Seven brothers and sisters, ages 8 to 21, who have become rock stars in the classical world. Lee Cowan reports.
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Writer Tom Wolfe in 2006.
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PASSAGE: Tom Wolfe
“Sunday Morning” looks back at the life of the writer who died this week at age 88.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Writer Tom Wolfe on journalism and voyeurism (Video)
An acclaimed practitioner of “new journalism” and author of such bestsellers as “The Right Stuff” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” writer Tom Wolfe died on Monday, May 14, 2018. In this interview with CBS News’ Harry Smith originally broadcast on “Sunday Morning” January 15, 2006, Wolfe talks about his journey from newspaper reporter to novelist; the difference between journalism and voyeurism; and his iconic white suits (which he admits he began wearing “by accident”).
Model Maye Musk.
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FASHION: Maye Musk
Maye Musk has been modeling since the age of 15, but today – at age 70 – she is more in-demand than ever. Contributor Alina Cho asks Musk about her love affair with the camera, and about how she raised three remarkable children, including billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
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HARTMAN: TBD
Dame Diana Rigg (left, as Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s spy series “The Avengers”).
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ON BROADWAY: Dame Diana Rigg
The ’60s British spy series “The Avengers” made Diana Rigg an international sensation. But after two years she left the show – returning to the stage and Shakespeare, and making a turn as a Bond girl. Now, Rigg remains a dame in demand, starring in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” and back on Broadway in a revival of “My Fair Lady.” Anthony Mason talked with Dame Diana about her career, including her immortal Emma Peel.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2017.
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BOOKS: John McCain’s final testament
Chip Reid talks with Mark Salter, co-author with John McCain of the Arizona Senator’s latest memoir, “The Restless Wave.”
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King George V and his wife Queen Mary, of Teck, the Germanic Kingdom of Württemberg. She is the grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
MONARCHY: Just how British are Britain’s royals?
Mo Rocca delves into the family tree of the House of Windsor.
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CALENDAR: Week of May 21
“Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: TBD
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