Prince Harry’s war on the Windsors
How a fraternal dispute became a full-blown existential crisis for the monarchy.
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The lessons of King Charles’s first Christmas speech
The King largely avoided politics in the ecumenical message he had been waiting decades to deliver.
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Liberals needn’t be silent about the EU-Qatar corruption scandal
But then, Brexiteers shouldn’t be quiet about how Brexit has failed, either.
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What is there left of Princess Diana, 25 years after her death?
Twenty-five years after her death, Diana Spencer has been eclipsed by monuments and myth.
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What Charles and Camilla’s dirty phone call taught us about the English language
In The Crown’s reimagining of the intimate exchange, the future King’s longing for linguistic purism caught my ear.
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Why King Charles must speak at Cop27
In making the monarchy part of her ideological battleground, Liz Truss is exposing her own shaky constitutional position.
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My brush with King Charles 22 years ago still feels like it was yesterday. It was that bad
After an awkward hour with John Major, Stephen Fry and the future monarch, I opted for a life of obscurity.
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The royal family aren’t meant to be like us mortals – that’s their power and their problem
Holiday parks will close and hospital operations cease without anyone even needing to ask. This is what having a monarchy…
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Is the SNP truly committed to keeping the monarchy?
Beneath the surface, anti-royalist sentiment endures among Scottish nationalists.
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For those of us who are neither monarchists nor republicans, this is the strangest time
We’re happy to watch the funeral and raise a glass to His Majesty, but mostly we want a return to…
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The remarkable reconciliation between the royal family and Sinn Féin
In dark times, the warmth between Irish republicans and the monarchy is an inspiring reminder of progress.
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King Charles III and his causes
Charles III is notorious for his political interventions. Will he be an activist monarch or follow his mother’s example?
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Silence reigns
The real power of the Crown lies in its ability to forge and occupy a space of psychic comfort and…
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The right-wing press were dismayed by the lack of dissent from the royalist consensus
The BBC let them down so badly that even the Daily Mail was compelled to admit that the broadcaster “caught…
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It is right to question the existence of the Crown – yet on the environment the King’s voice may be crucial
Right-wing ministers with a record of hostility to “green crap” can’t be trusted, while Charles was early to recognise the…
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King Charles is popular – but for how long?
Republicans hoped this was their biggest opportunity to make their case in decades.
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Anti-royal protests show the value of parliament’s supremacy
Liberties are most at risk while emotions are running high.
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We should celebrate Charles and Camilla’s very modern love story
The two lovers were torn apart by antiquated notions of morality that now seem not just sexist, but downright cruel.
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From the NS archive: A man born to be king…
21 December 1979: Christopher Hitchens on Prince Charles and the development of the commercial monarchy.
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How will Scotland respond to King Charles?
The Scottish government has declared its interest in a royal head of state, but there are republican voices of discontent…
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