On Monday, the UK came to a standstill. It was one last demonstration of the latent power of Queen Elizabeth II, whose funeral prompted businesses and workplaces across the land to shutter as a mark ...

London — Protests against the British monarchy have been planned around the United Kingdom for May 6, the day of King Charles III's coronation ceremony. The anti-monarchy group Republic, which wants ...

"Hereditary public office goes against every democratic principle. And because we can't hold the King and his family to account at the ballot box, there's nothing to stop them abusing their privilege, ...

It was a changing of the guard unprecedented in British history. No monarch had sat on the throne longer than Queen Elizabeth II, and no heir had spent more time in waiting than King Charles III. The ...

Satia is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History at Stanford University and the author of Time's Monster: How History Makes History Pakistan is under water, England faces an energy ...

If the outpour of grief—or public polling—in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s death is anything to go by, it is clear that Britain is still largely a nation of royalists. But as anti-monarchy ...

As king, Charles is the sovereign of 15 Commonwealth countries. While the buzz ahead of Saturday's coronation of King Charles III is palpable in London, across the 15 commonwealth countries where the ...

The Crown star Jonathan Pryce told Newsweek the monarchy must stick to protocol because "if you bend the rules" it "will stop with the disintegration of the royal family." While Pryce did not refer to ...

LONDON — The "r" in royal will soon exclusively be lowercase — in spirit, at least. That's if Prince William gets his way. The older son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, and the heir ...

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