Charles’s coronation will be the most constitutionally significant ceremony of his entire reign. It should prompt discussion about what a modern monarchy could be.
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The Prince has views on defence procurement, badger culling and the Patagonian toothfish. Should we care?
Defenders claim Prince Charles was just trying to educate himself. But shouldn’t he know better?
The British public have come to expect impartiality from the monarchy under Elizabeth II.
A matter concerning Prince Charles, letters written to government ministers and a bid by the Guardian to make them public has been playing out in British courts and the media for the past few years. It…
A constitutional monarch is purely ceremonial and plays no part in politics. But in the UK it isn’t quite as simple as that. The first problem is that we have no constitution. Things haven’t changed much…
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