British monarchy


Thank God for the new sound of the Dawn Service

This year’s ANZAC Day Dawn Service will finally ditch God Save the Queen. It’s about time, says Barry Everingham — now we just have to get her face off coins and stamps…

How the Palace press machine seduced the Australian media

Now that Prince William and his PR machine have left the country, the Australian media needs to sit back and realise they were used and a bit cheapened by a rapturous week-long love affair, writes David Donovan.

Crikey Says: Find Wills a missus? Now that’s a blue from the Bolt

Does anyone in Australia actually give a flying fig about Prince William? Yes, if you believe the David Flints of the world: a group of people whose entire support for the monarchy seems more like something out of a trashy romance novel.

When there’s a Will, there’s a way for an Oz monarchy

Current prince and future king, Prince William, is a great candidate to push the idea of a limited monarchy in Australia. Why? Because he seems just as nice as his late mum, says Ross Cameron.

Canadians finally get fired up about a Republic

When the Republic debate was running hot in Australia a decade ago, the flames didn’t leap across the Pacific and get Canadians excited. But ten years on, it’s a different story.

Heckling the Prince of Wales, why I did it

Vicky Richardson tells why she yelled at the Prince of Wales during the Royal Institute of British Architects’ annual lecture.

Three cheers for bonny prince Charlie, hip hip hooray

While the 60th birthday of the Prince of Wales will largely go unnoticed in his mother’s colonial outpost, Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy have worked themselves into a frenzy, writes Barry Everingham.

Morning Market Report

All the latest market news, brough tto you by Marcus Padley.

PM’s posting judgment looks a little queer

For the third time in 50 years, Australia is sending a g-y diplomat to the Court of St James, writes Alex Mitchell.

Conservative warriors unite to sink Turnbull

The demise of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership ambitions yesterday was in part revenge by those Liberals — right wing warriors such as Nick Minchin and Tony Abbott — who have always treated the former Republican leader with shall we charitably say, suspicion, writes Greg Barns.