Comment & Analysis

You have to wonder sometimes if the Windsor family just don’t care about public perception or are simply unaware of what is going on around them.

In the middle of a major international financial crisis we [read more]

Labour’s plans to reform the Act of Settlement have got people thinking about the monarchy in terms of human rights, and that can only be a good thing for republicans.

I gave a talk at a school the other day and, unsurprisingly, someone came out with the line: “the Queen does a good job, why get rid of her?” Ignoring the fact that the [read more]

Responding to Andrew Motion’s recent comments on his tenure as poet laureate (“a hiding to nothing”), Mark Ravenhill urges a complete reappraisal of the position.

He argues that the laureate should be more of a ‘national [read more]

Last month the Daily Star reported that Prince William will be fast-tracked to the post of King, with Charles stepping aside in favour of his son. It all seems highly implausible, and even [read more]

I’ve never quite understood the royals’ relationship with the environment and the issue of animal welfare. Prince Phillip was the first President of WWF-UK from its foundation in 1961 to 1982, and President of [read more]

The election of Malcolm Turnbull, a committed republican, as leader of the Australian Liberal Party can only mean one thing – the end of the monarchy down under is now a case of ‘when’ and [read more]