King Charles III is set to face demands from Caribbean nations to apologise for slavery as well as make reparations. National reparations commissions in the region are drafting formal letters addressed to the British royal family, and will also approach the Lloyd’s of London and the Church of England. TheContinue Reading
A newly released cache of FBI files has revealed a potential plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California. The possible threat followed a phone call made by “a man who claimed that his daughter had been killed in Northern Ireland by a rubber bullet”, accordingContinue Reading
The tiny Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis may formally ditch the monarchy after the coronation of King Charles III. Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew told the BBC his country is “not totally free” as long as King Charles remains head of state. Dr Drew said he would beginContinue Reading
Firebrand Senator Jacqui Lambie has weighed in on the debate about whether Australia has become a republic and says the nation needs a new flag that represents all people. The Senator made the comments while speaking on the ABC’s QandA program where an audience member asked whether being a partContinue Reading
ABC viewers were threatening to change the channel during the network’s Corornation coverage due to a panel discussion about King Charles and the monarchy. The one hour-long program titled: ‘The Coronation: A discussion about the Monarchy in 2023’ focused on the relevance of the monarch to Australia, with the hostContinue Reading
Oh Harry. Oh Harry, Harry, Harry. You foolish, impetuous, impulsive man. The world has just watched the first coronation of a British monarchy in 70 years, the longest that Blighty has gone since having a good crowning. It was a ceremony that was full of spine-tingling moments of awe andContinue Reading
LONDON: King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions at a time when the British monarchy faces an uncertain future.Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted ‘God save King Charles’ as the ceremony began in front of more thanContinue Reading
King Charles has been urged to formally apologise for the effect of colonisation in a scathing letter co-signed by controversial senator Lidia Thorpe. Representatives from 12 countries, including New Zealand (Aotearoa), Canada, the Bahamas and Jamaica, made the statement ahead of the monarch’s Coronation on Sunday. It called on theContinue Reading
King Charles III is having a very busy week indeed. The first full rehearsal of His Majesty’s coronation procession has taken place in the dead of night, involving the horses, carriages and military personnel forced to stay up way past their bedtime. Meanwhile, he and wife Queen Camilla badly needContinue Reading
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that it is co-operating with an independent study examining the British monarchy’s involvement in the slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries. The research is being conducted by the University of Manchester with Historic Royal Palaces, with the Palace granting full access to the RoyalContinue Reading