Mikhaila Friel is a senior reporter at Business Insider in the UK, where she covers a broad range of topics within news and lifestyle.
Mikhaila enjoys writing visual travel features about her adventures at home in Glasgow and abroad. In 2023, she shared her experiences island-hopping in Scotland and she also reviewed the 5-star hotel in Sicily where "The White Lotus" was filmed.
Major outlets have cited her work, and most recently her essay about going on a second date in a graveyard was featured on The Drew Barrymore Show. She also regularly appears on BBC News, BBC Radio, and other local and international broadcasters.
Mikhaila began her career at BI in 2019 covering the royal family. Since then, she has covered every major royal event, including Prince Harry and Meghan's step back from royal duties, Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, and the funerals of the Queen and Prince Philip.
She has interviewed royals around the world for BI's Royally Told series, which she created in 2020, and in 2023 she moderated two virtual royal panels.
If you have a story for Mikhaila, please get in touch via email at [email protected].
Selected Stories
- I traveled from the UK to Norway for the first time to visit my great-grandfather's grave. I found out that after 20 years gravestones are removed, so we had to go searching for him.
- I'm a city girl who dreamed of living on a remote Scottish island. 2 things changed my mind after I finally visited one.
- My partner and I met because of Taylor Swift. We dreamed of going to the UK Eras Tour together, but the $853 price tag has made it impossible.
- I stayed in a $2,248 a night room at 'The White Lotus' hotel in Sicily, and although it was the most beautiful place I've ever visited, it wasn't worth the price tag
- I'm an American model who married a Nigerian prince. Like Meghan Markle, we experienced discrimination when we moved to the UK.
- Tattoo artists say there are 2 major trends they think you'll regret in a few years
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Lynch died in a superyacht disaster near Sicily. Experts question how the "unsinkable" $40 million yacht went down, even during a storm.
Tech
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The body of the British tech magnate Mike Lynch and others were found in the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily during a storm.
Five bodies have been found in the shipwreck of a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. The 183-foot Bayesian yacht was carrying 22 people.
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