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Monarchy
March 11, 2024
Matt Ford
Princess Kate’s Weird and Worrying Photo Scandal
Her unexplained disappearance and botched reappearance hint at deeper problems in the British royal family.
May 8, 2023
Timothy Noah
To Hold a Coronation, Britain Suppressed Free Speech. That’s Insane.
The monarchy used to be quaint. As of Saturday, it’s a menace.
May 6, 2023
Jason Linkins
King Charles Should Abolish Himself
The best thing the newly-minted monarch could do is bring an end to the monarchy.
May 5, 2023
Matt Ford
Laugh All You Want at King Charles, but He Will Wield Very Real Power
Many dismiss the royals as an arcane sideshow built to manufacture tabloid fodder, but the monarchy is more than it seems.
May 5, 2023
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
He’s Finally Got the Throne. Here’s How He Should Use It.
British monarchs aren’t supposed to weigh in on public affairs. King Charles should break with that tradition.
September 27, 2022
Suzanne Schneider
Ostensibly, the Royal Family Is Apolitical. That’s Why Americans Are Obsessed With It.
The monarchy offers a comforting fantasy of power without politics.
September 18, 2022
Kojo Koram
The Time Is Ripe for Commonwealth Countries to Ditch the British Monarchy
Will King Charles III oversee the final disintegration of this remnant of empire?
August 11, 2022
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Win McCormack
Every President a King?
Why the greater risk is in not prosecuting Trump
November 13, 2020
Jennifer Wilson
Waiting for Diana
What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”
December 12, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
The Dramatic Detachment of
The Crown
The Netflix show’s third season is a wonder of restraint.
November 26, 2019
Parker Richards
The Crown
’s Case for the Monarchy
The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.
May 17, 2019
Matt Ford
The House of Roberts
If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.
December 7, 2017
Rachel Syme
The Crown
’s Troubled Power Couple
The show's second season sees the young Queen weigh her public and private roles.
June 13, 2014
Jason Webster
Can the Spanish Monarchy Survive Without King Juan Carlos?
His successor, Crown Prince Felipe, faces many challenges
October 26, 2013
Christopher Lee
Prince George Will Never Be King
The monarchy's future is less certain than you think
April 2, 2013
Thomas Mallon
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Windsor
Sympathy for the forever prince
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