For nearly two decades, The Real Housewives has delivered more one-liners than a West End comedy night and enough televised chaos to keep group chats fuelled for years. It’s reality TV’s most enduring cocktail: high-gloss glamour, low blows and, on occasion, airborne furniture (looking at you, Teresa Giudice).
What began behind the gated communities of Orange County in 2006 has gone global -- Nairobi to Sydney, Beverly Hills to New York -- racking up 11 US editions and more than 30 international spin-offs. Now, the franchise has finally unpacked its Louis Vuitton trunks in London.
