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March 11, 2024
Matt Ford
Princess Kate’s Weird and Worrying Photo Scandal
Her unexplained disappearance and botched reappearance hint at deeper problems in the British royal family.
December 1, 2023
Tori Otten
The Royal Family Is Going to Legal War With … Someone?
How the Dutch translation of a tell-all book touched off a very English scandal.
November 10, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Humiliation of King Charles
Despite decades of public environmentalism, the British king found himself announcing a bill to expedite oil and gas production this week.
May 8, 2023
Timothy Noah
To Hold a Coronation, Britain Suppressed Free Speech. That’s Insane.
The monarchy used to be quaint. As of Saturday, it’s a menace.
May 6, 2023
Jason Linkins
King Charles Should Abolish Himself
The best thing the newly-minted monarch could do is bring an end to the monarchy.
May 5, 2023
Matt Ford
Laugh All You Want at King Charles, but He Will Wield Very Real Power
Many dismiss the royals as an arcane sideshow built to manufacture tabloid fodder, but the monarchy is more than it seems.
May 5, 2023
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
He’s Finally Got the Throne. Here’s How He Should Use It.
British monarchs aren’t supposed to weigh in on public affairs. King Charles should break with that tradition.
September 27, 2022
Suzanne Schneider
Ostensibly, the Royal Family Is Apolitical. That’s Why Americans Are Obsessed With It.
The monarchy offers a comforting fantasy of power without politics.
September 18, 2022
Kojo Koram
The Time Is Ripe for Commonwealth Countries to Ditch the British Monarchy
Will King Charles III oversee the final disintegration of this remnant of empire?
September 14, 2022
Timothy Noah
Why King Charles Is England’s Biggest Moocher
The British monarchy is a governmental anachronism, but as a capitalist enterprise, sadly, it may be the future.
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