It is almost as though Queen Elizabeth’s death has brought down the old scaffolding, writes Jonathan Lis
Monarchy
Is the third time the charm? Charles’s first coronation was at Gordonstoun school in November 1965, when he played Macbeth. There is a photograph in the Royal Collections of him in a get-up nearly as strange as those he is wearing at Westminster Abbey almost sixty years later, sporting a bad fake beard and what […]
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The Home Office sent campaign group Republic a letter setting out new powers to crush “disruptive” protests ahead of planned peaceful protests against King Charles, Josiah Mortimer reports
King Charles' Coronation is a missed opportunity to move monarchy into the modern era, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Introducing an electoral system of proportional representation should take priority over conversations about the future nature of Britain's head of state, writes AC Grayling
Baroness Jenny Jones explores how reform of the monarchy could work better for our democracy
For all its claims of modernity, the 'Corps' still joins the Crown and the Church in a god-ordained trilogy of state power in the forthcoming ceremonies
The Duke of Sussex claims secret deal included ‘very large’ payout for his brother Prince William
The ceremony is set to cost the public around £100m. With a quarter of voters backing abolition of the monarchy, will the opposition get a hearing? Josiah Mortimer reports
Opposition leader the Dark Lord Peter Dutton has come out swinging over accusations that he is racist. The Dark Lord told reporters that he can’t be racist, as some of the people that he used to arrest were indigenous. ”Peter’s... Read More ›