“Monarchy to skip a generation”: readers’ responses

The results of a freedom of information request that began as a question about tax breaks for Prince Charles has blown up into a debate about secret plans by Buckingham Palace to skip a generation in the line of succession. The furore centres on a clumsy error by Treasury staff which left redacted information in [...]

Britain’s monarchy hangs by a thread: start sharpening the scissors

I felt duty bound to watch Tony Robinson‘s documentary “Britain’s Real Monarch” screened on Channel 4 on Saturday evening.  I won’t spoil the plot for you by revealing too much detail (there’s a summary of the programme here).  Suffice it to say that according to the royal family’s own rules of hereditary succession, Britain’s “real” [...]

CBC documentary will not be kind to the royal family

Will Prince Charles,  the controversial successor to Queen Elizabeth II, spell the end of Britain’s thousand-year monarchy?  Most people seem to think so, according to John Curtin’s documentary “After Elizabeth II” which is being screened this evening by Canadian broadcaster CBC.  If the preview clip is anything to go by, the royal family will find [...]