Graham Brady’s Diary: What the press got wrong about the confidence vote, and my very odd kind of celebrity
Press reports on how close I was to hearing from the requisite 54 Conservative MPs were almost always wide of…
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The interventions of Prince Charles will end in calamity – for him and the monarchy
The Queen creates unity by managing to say everything and nothing. The heir to the throne does not have this…
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Horses, heather and hierarchy: Is the monarchy good for nature?
The condition of the Royal Estates also suggest there is much to modernise despite the monarchy’s legacy of hands-on conservation.
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Platinum Jubilee is the last hurrah for Britain’s easy relationship with its monarchy
Hanging over the festivities is the weirdly under-discussed fact that the next time this country celebrates its queen, she will…
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What’s the point of a poet laureate?
A Poet for Elizabeth on Radio 4 looks back at the seven poets who have taken the role during the…
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Why unionism needs the monarchy
The Crown and the military are still the most important symbols of Britishness.
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How the Queen’s sense of duty prevailed in an age of individualism
Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne have been defined by her conservatism. What happens when a new generation takes…
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Wanted: A leader for Britain’s post-Jubilee republican movement
The public loves the Queen, but the fact is she is unlikely to celebrate any more Jubilees after this one.…
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