Tag: Monarchy
Beheaded and exiled: the two previous King Charleses bookended the abolition of the monarchy
King Charles I’s reign ended in execution and an English republic.
Image: Anthony Van Dyck/Wikimedia Commons
On September 8 2022, King Charles III ascended to the...
Australia has a new head of state: what will Charles be like as king?
Image: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AAP
With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Australia has a new king. The BBC has confirmed Charles will take on the regnal name of...
What would King Charles mean for the monarchy, Australia and the republican movement?
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This week’s Platinum Jubilee marks 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign over “the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and...
After Oprah: what will it take to revive an Australian republic?
Picture: Alastair Grant/AP/AAP
Oprah Winfrey’s brilliantly stage-managed “tell-all” interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was for viewers, advertisers and the three participants, a tremendous success.
For the...
The Crown series 3 review: Olivia Colman shines as an older, frumpier Elizabeth
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth catches adeptly a sovereign
who has become a little tired and distracted behind the eyes. Left Bank Pictures,
Sony...