The Princess of Wales’s video – in which she candidly revealed her cancer diagnosis – sent shockwaves across the world. And with both herself and King Charles III in recovery and treatment, the public has seen a number of senior royals – including Queen Camilla, Princess Anne as well as …
Read More »New King Charles III stamp unveiled by Canada Post
Canada Post has unveiled a new stamp featuring King Charles III, marking the first time the freshly crowned sovereign has appeared on a Canadian stamp. The stamp, which features a black-and-white portrait of the King, was issued starting Monday, following the monarch’s coronation Saturday. It also comes as the federal …
Read More »The Crown Season 5: Exhausting itself in defence of the monarchy
Peter Morgan’s lengthy Netflix drama about the British monarchy, The Crown, has now completed its fifth and penultimate season. It has strengths, but the further it progresses the more glaring its weaknesses—and its less than socially uplifting intentions—become. The show has fictionalised real events, many of them controversial and difficult …
Read More »Questions fit for a new King
The Red Ensign at the stern of Scillonian III hangs limply at half-mast as she chugs out past Land’s End into the Atlantic. It is a hot, windless, sun-kissed September morning. We are heading for the Scillies. The United Kingdom is burying its Queen today. At Westminster Abbey, 290 miles …
Read More »Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit
As Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to formally acknowledge the harm colonization did to First Nations people. The royal couple will arrive in St. Johns, Newfoundland on Tuesday on …
Read More »Royal couple to begin three-day Canadian tour amid increasing skepticism of monarchy
Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visit Canada House in London, on May 12.HANNAH MCKAY/The Associated Press Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are set to begin a three-day tour of Canada this week that will focus on Indigenous reconciliation and climate change – and on connecting with …
Read More »Love it or hate it, or simply combine it | Brief letters | Food
Our Canadian friends needn’t waste their time toasting bread (Letters, 22 February). When I was a young girl our household income was very limited, so I ate whatever my mother put in front of me. A friend invited me to tea, and I was offered marmalade or Marmite to spread …
Read More »Harry and Meghan show anger at palace over loss of royal branding | UK news
The freeze in relations between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Buckingham Palace has become apparent after the couple were forced to drop plans to use the brand “SussexRoyal”. Posts on the couple’s official website suggest they are angry at the way the decision was reached and how they …
Read More »Mail on Sunday could call Thomas Markle in high court defence | UK news
Thomas Markle could be called to give evidence at the high court against his estranged daughter Meghan, as part of her ongoing legal action against the Mail on Sunday, after it emerged that the paper’s defence appears to rely on his account. The Duchess of Sussex is suing the newspaper …
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