Monarchy
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
The King is our eternal everyman
Oak Apple Day celebrates the inevitable return of the primordial and the perennial
The greatest cancellation
Warriors against cancel culture have been loudest in calling for a republic
Could monarchy have saved Afghanistan?
America’s republican prejudices stopped them from restoring a unifying king
Have queens enjoyed the same authority as kings?
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role of the queen in British and European history
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
Making of a modern monarchy
The reformed Royal family sailed unscathed through the mid-century crises of the abdication, the Depression and the Second World War
Renaissance prince
Wide-ranging interest and inquiry no longer seems compatible with those who bear the pressures of public life
