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So, does anyone want the Commonwealth itself?
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Rats in a Sack: The GB News pundit and the puppet PM
Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at George Galloway, David Maddox, Lee Anderson and more
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A right royal photo bomb
Kate’s edited picture is a reminder that the truth matters
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Silos of hierarchy are holding Britain back
The House of Lords, where real monarchy lies, must be abolished
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: The reformer who never quite understood the nation
His zeal doused by public apathy and establishment ambivalence, Albert became gradually overwhelmed by disillusionment
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Don’t stop at Westminster, let’s bulldoze Buck House too
I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London
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As they push further right, the Conservatives are finished
Unless the Tory one-nation advocates can work out how to bring a wrecking ball to the party and reshape the whole thing, it’s screwed
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Non, the French don’t really want a monarchy
We are actually fond of the British royal family – we just refuse to be showy about it
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A very European King gives a French lesson to the Brexit blowhards
The King's historic visit went like clockwork and sent a message to Brexiteers
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Everyday Philosophy: Bertrand Russell and King’s hypocrisy
When it comes to climate change, King Charles is a hypocrite. But at least, unlike Rishi Sunak, he tells the truth about the issue
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Germansplaining: Harry is a national hit in Germany
Thanks to his Invictus Games, traumatised German soldiers have been brought, rightly, into the limelight
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The Shapps of things to come: what new job could Grant be handed next?
The new defence secretary’s extraordinary adaptability means he could have even more roles to play in Sunak’s ailing government...
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Our schoolchildren must get used to hard sums, hard exams and hard hats
Parents all across the country will be bursting with pride as they wave their children off to school with their new uniforms, stationery and industrial safety equipment
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Starmer will be less cautious in power.. but he has to win it first
After the disaster of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour has one goal – winning the next election and finally getting rid of the incompetent Tory government
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If Putin’s cronies unseat him, another despot will follow
Russia seems too tired and depleted to be able to resist tyrannical leaders
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Multicultural Man: On royal reading
Having waited his entire life for this coronation service, and having apparently played a central role in devising it, the King was nonetheless unable to memorise his own lines
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‘A range of exhausted volcanoes’: This is the end of the Tory empire
The sun is setting on the Tory empire. Is Starmer’s Labour Party up for the challenge?
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The coronation he wove shows Charles may be the last of his kind
The coronation of King Charles belongs to us. To our time and our age. But, will it be the last?
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How to satisfy republicans and monarchists alike
Have a president AND a monarch. The president would be head of state, and the monarch’s role would be entirely non-political and ceremonial
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Everyday Philosophy: The bravery of dissent
There is a long British tradition of meeting dissent with disproportionate measures. Sadly, last weekend was no exception
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Sorry for the irreverence, but the royals are now irrelevant
Post-Brexit, there’s even less use for a royal family than there was when we were an important nation
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Why stop at the coronation? Let’s have jousting, sacrifices and boat battles too
Here are a few more empty ceremonies that could be held to distract the masses from the country’s ongoing elective death spiral
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If you want a republican UK, are you ready for president Boris Johnson?
This could be the last coronation of a monarch of the United Kingdom. But, be careful what you wish for
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Will you say the coronation oath?
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Behind the façade: The uncertain future of King Charles
Can a plutocrat King in a country ravaged by Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis reinvent the monarchy to keep it alive?
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From the Royal Tat Collection
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Germansplaining: A royal visit fit for a King
Charles III dazzles in his first official trip to Germany, impressing with his language skills and sense of humour
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Everyday Philosophy: Slavery, guilt and restorative justice
The Guardian and the Church of England have confronted their historical links to the slave trade – but what about the monarchy?
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Harry and Meghan are neither noble nor absurd
We don't need to characterise either of them at all. Let alone noble or absurd
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Out of their minds
Prince Harry and his wife may be absurd, but the reaction to his book shows almost everything he says about his family, and the press, is true
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Will King Charles look favourably on Liz Truss?
This week's gossip and scandals in Westminster and the media brought to you by MANDRAKE
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Christmas is a time for building bridges
There was something inherently British about Ngozi Fulani and Lady Hussey's reconciliation