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Published in: Home: AnalysisCan the royal family cling on much longer?
As the Queen marks 70 years on the throne, the Caribbean isn’t the only place ready to ditch the royal family
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Published in: Home: OpinionTo ‘level up’, the UK needs a real jubilee: a mass write-off of debts
Even before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not just write it off?
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs there any real benefit to city status? Luckily for Reading, probably not
The town (sorry) has once again had its bid to become a city rejected, this time in a competition for the jubilee
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsSex abuse victims being silenced in the UK by Epstein-style gagging orders
In light of Prince Andrew’s settlement with Virginia Giuffre, we are republishing the following story
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Published in: Home: OpinionBarbados has thrown off its colonial shackles. Now the real change must come
Barbados has removed the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat’s wrong with Britain? Let’s start with the monarchy
The Royal Family’s archaic-seeming rules and customs obscure its deep connections with modern global corporate power
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionPrince Philip was the godfather of Anglo-British nationalism
He pulled together TV, tabloids and monarchy. But that won’t work for younger generations – as Harry and Meghan know
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe Queen beckons Britain into Covid-nationalism trap
Elizabeth Windsor's speech about COVID-19 tried to spin our profound feelings about the pandemic into nationalist sentiment
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHarry and Meghan, the royal family of surveillance capitalism
From tabloid nationalism to international Instagram influencers: Meghan and Harry aren’t leaving the monarchy, they...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat does the Prince Andrew scandal mean for the British monarchy?
From princes of reality TV to the #metoo era, does the Prince Andrew scandal point to a deeper crisis for the House...