The U.K. prime minister sought to suppress Parliamentary opponents, saying he – not they – represents the will of the British people. It put Queen Elizabeth II in a real bind.
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The UK does not have a written constitution so how can we tell if the government is right or wrong on this point?
Relations between the UK and the US haven’t always been that “special”.
You might think it morbid, but people have many reasons for visiting the sites of battles and disasters.
Bill Shorten is committed to an Australian head of state, but it will likely take lost priority to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.
Labor says if it wins office at the upcoming federal election, in its first term it will offer Australians a chance to vote to become a republic – but in a two-step voting process.
At least one second daughter of a second son of the British monarch has ended up on the throne in her own right.
The inter-marriage of Muslim families and the mingling with Christianity provides us with an interesting back story to a Muslim ancestor of the current British monarch.
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.
The continued embargo on documents relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government point to the lingering imperial power that comes from an incomplete severance of colonial ties.
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.
In the 20 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the monarchy has been remade largely in her own image.
Bill Shorten’s policy for quick action on a republic contrasts with Malcolm Turnbull’s position.
Politics podcast: Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
Michael Cooney says becoming a republic would give Australians important new symbols of national unity.
The hat is an example par excellence of aristocratic excess, the equivalent of a peacock’s tail in seducing the Queen’s subjects.
Banned from the BBC, denied its rightful place on the charts, ‘God Save the Queen’ – released 40 years ago this month – remains one of the most controversial protest songs of all time.
As Australians once found spiritual communion through allegiance to the British monarch, they find similar virtues in Anzac today. Can the republican movement connect with a large enough number of people in a similar way?
It has been meticulously planned for … but the end of the Elizabethan Age will throw up plenty of surprises.
There’s no middle ground when it comes to a president like this.
By the end of 1992, Paul Keating had done more than anyone to place on the political agenda issues of national identity that had been either dead or dormant for years.
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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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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University