To survive, the Monarchy must resist the urge to modernise
The Crown needs to maintain altitude above that scrum of destructive critics. Appeasement only encourages more attacks.
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The Crown needs to maintain altitude above that scrum of destructive critics. Appeasement only encourages more attacks.
The Lady Hussey affair reveals the spineless deference of the press – and the Palace – when racism is mentioned.
One doddery old lady should’t be held up as representing the entire royal family.
The Monarch’s six-hour stopover in Northern Ireland went better than anyone predicted, and may just have changed the political dynamic at Stormont.
The death of Elizabeth II at Balmoral has enabled many Scots to rediscover their identity, reminding them that there is not the least anomaly in being simultaneously Scottish and British.
Charles III has met with Parliament in Westminster and Holyrood, and attended a service at Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Kirk to celebrate the life of the Queen and her “legendary” love for Scotland.
Traditions do not impede progress. Rather, they create the stability that makes progress possible – and Monarchy is an indispensable part of that tradition.
The most important function of a head of state – whichever system is chosen – is to embody the nation. This article was first published in Policy Exchange’s weekly agenda.
Watching the six former prime ministers gather for the Accession of King Charles III shows how all power and success is fleeting.
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