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Over the 70 years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II has been part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s living history, touching everything from the role of women to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son has waited a long time to be king. Now, he is charged with holding the popular imagination after the death of his beloved mother.
The queen’s visits to Australia from 1954 to 2011 offer a snapshot of the changing relationship Australians have had with their sovereign and with the monarchy.
Britain has gone through unimaginable change culturally and politically during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign.
Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
Elizabeth II was a safe pair of hands for the British monarchy in a turbulent and changing era.
Johnson will remain prime minister until a new party leader is chosen - which could take months.
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
Succession has long been the weak link in the system of hereditary monarchy. Perhaps it may be time for Australia to reconsider the place of the monarchy in our own political system.
The Platinum Jubilee serves as an opportunity to reflect on the complex interactions and historical evolution of the British monarchy and the transformations in sport, politics and society.
The UK is set to spend four days celebrating the very long monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II. But as the Platinum Jubilee is marked, why do so many Americans also fawn over the British royal family?
Scrapbooks on the Royal Family are more meaningful objects for our families, and our own communities, than we might first expect.
The monarch is the head of the Church of England but as Britain has become more diverse so has the approach to religion in jubilees.
A new book telling the story of the last 25 years of the House of Windsor reveals a family that briefs against each other freely.
This year’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations will draw on traditions that have bolstered support for monarchs since the early 1800s — it could help this year’s celebrations succeed again.
An expert on the royal family’s finances explains how they still benefit from historical connections to slavery and empire.
Imagine if the PM had caught COVID two years ago? We knew so little about COVID with certainty back then, and what we did know was truly frightening. Here’s what’s changed since then.
Souvenirs celebrating royal events have been a staple since the 17th century.
More than 2,000 pages of letters spanning 36 years and nine prime ministers have now been made public, albeit with disappointing redactions throughout.
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of British Politics and Government & Founder of the Constitution Unit, UCL
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Professor of History, Boston University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, Durham University
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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