From the archive: The King’s decision
December 1936: Edward VIII’s abdication crisis
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The radical in me has been stirred
The rumbling revelations about the Duke of York have forced us all to start thinking about it again
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The fragile crown
In an age of social media and conspiracy, the royal family is trapped between what it wants and what the…
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The making of Prince William
He lost his mother at 15, survived ‘Wills Mania’, and clashed with his brother. Can he modernise the monarchy?
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Is King Charles too left-wing for the Tories?
Boris Johnson is not the only conservative irritated by our new monarch.
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Is it time to abolish the monarchy? Recorded live at the Cambridge Literary Festival
A special debate on the place of the royal family in modern Britain.