Andrew Jackson was the first president to defy the US supreme court. The question is whether Donald Trump will take a leaf out of his book.
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The monarch has to read the speech whether he agrees with it or not.
If history is to be of any use to those who study it, it ought to help them understand the nature of the country and society they live in.
The coronation will have echoes of empire, but represents an important stage in the modern monarchy’s move away from its shadow.
En plus de soixante-dix ans de règne, Elizabeth II aura toujours placé la préservation de la monarchie au premier rang de ses priorités. Mission accomplie, malgré des périodes plus dures que d'autres.
Elizabeth II was a safe pair of hands for the British monarchy in a turbulent and changing era.
La reina de Inglaterra Isabel II falleció este 8 de septiembre de 2022 a los 96 años de edad en su residencia de verano, en el castillo de Balmoral, en Escocia. Este artículo recorre su reinado, el más longevo de la historia contemporánea.
Spain has made it a punishable offence to praise the regime of General Franco.
The late Princess of Wales has become a vehicle for others to reflect their own feelings.
Né au sein de la royauté européenne après la Première Guerre mondiale, le duc d’Édimbourg en est venu à représenter l’archétype de l’aristocrate anglais. Avec ses « gaffes ».
Nacido en el seno de la realeza europea posterior a la Primera Guerra Mundial, el duque de Edimburgo llegó a representar el arquetipo de aristócrata inglés, aunque tal vez sea recordado por sus legendarias “meteduras de pata”.
Born into post-World War I European royalty, the Duke of Edinburgh came to represent the archetypal English aristocrat. Along with those ‘gaffes’.
It was a great celebration, but not everyone was jubilant.
The pandemic makes it hard for the royal family to act as national figureheads as they have in past crises.
Relations between the UK and the US haven’t always been that “special”.
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A podcast on World War I – from a meeting between the three great war poets, to what happened to conscientious objectors in both Britain and Germany.
Few Victorian imperial ‘hero’ figures survive the scrutiny of the post-colonial age, but John Nicholson’s lust for blood led to a strange twist.
A heated debate is unfolding on Twitter about whether it’s OK to compare middle-aged white men to boiled meat.
The Queen has been central to the achievements of the Commonwealth. Her son can do the same, if he stops being quite so petulant about it.
As Hitler showed in 1936, there’s nothing like a massive sporting spectacle to promote your regime.
It looks as if a state visit from the US president is on the cards. But the Queen is a veteran at hosting unwanted guests.
What started as an anti-Catholic sectarian celebration is now a harmless festival to provide light and warmth on a winter’s night.
In the 12 months since the EU referendum, the nation has only become more confused about where it’s heading.
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This episode of The Anthill podcast delves into the world of memory. We talk to psychologists, historians and political scientists about how and why we remember some things and forget others.
It has been meticulously planned for … but the end of the Elizabethan Age will throw up plenty of surprises.
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