Campaign Updates

Campaign group Republic has accused Andrew Marr of misleading viewers with his documentary series looking at the life of the Queen. The group’s chief executive Graham Smith has written to the Chair of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten, listing a series of “distortions, half-truths and fabrications” that were presented as [Read more]

The Queen was today greeted by a dozen republican protesters, including veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell, as she visited the Guildhall in the City of London for a Charles Dickens event.

The protest was the first in a series of small demonstrations being organised by campaign group Republic, as a lead up [Read more]

Campaign group Republic has told the House of Commons Justice Committee’s inquiry into freedom of information that the monarchy must be included in the Act.

In written evidence that has been published by the committee Republic argued that three key changes were needed:

Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic is to warn schools in England they may be breaking the law by taking part in a cooking competition being held to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee.  Schools could also face legal challenges by holding any “uncritical celebrations” of the Queen’s diamond jubilee without exploring republican viewpoints.

The [Read more]

The Bishopsgate Institute in London has launched their “Monarchy and republicanism” season of talks and debates.

We’ve listed a number of the events on our own What’s on page and you can also find the full programme on the Bishopsgate website.

On 3rd June 2012 Republic will hold a major protest against the monarchy at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

With thousands of republicans expected to attend, this will be the biggest and boldest anti-monarchy protest in modern times.

Visit www.jubileeprotest.org.uk for details and to sign up for protest updates. You can [Read more]