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No bread but a royal wedding circus

One has to be happy for Prince Harry and his prospective bride, Meghan Markle; a wedding is always a time of hope and celebration. The problem is, as much as one might like to be happy for them, theirs will be just one of hundreds of thousands of weddings around the world on that day. […]

Mrs Strangequeen, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Monarchy

This is the text of my address to Deakin University’s annual forum: ‘Yes we’re still a monarchy but it’s not my fault’ Thank you and I trust you find the following comments inane yet not un-aspersive. My name does not imply an imprimatur for the monarchy which, according to noted Englishman Christopher Hitchens, is ‘Britain’s […]