Yesterday
Republic movement seeks major reset from royal visit
Younger voters and multicultural communities are key to Australia becoming a republic, campaigners say, ahead of a tour by King Charles and Queen Camilla next week.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
Welcome Charles, King of Great Britain alone
There is a way to achieve a republic by stealth. And one that Charles III might well understand.
- Dennis Altman
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Charles III will find republicans who missed their best chance
The vibrant republican sentiment of the 1980s has been replaced by a dour, downbeat guilt-ridden version in the 2020s.
- John Roskam
How King Charles became one of the world’s most prolific pen pals
It’s been estimated that, while Prince of Wales, he wrote about 2400 letters a year, or six-and-a-half letters every day.
- Marianka Swain
How ‘sinister’ Fayed lied his way into the heart of British society
The businessman’s already controversial reputation has been forever sullied by the shocking claims of sexual abuse.
- Updated
- Iain Hollingshead and Ben East
July
King Charles, Queen Camilla to visit Australia in October
The royal couple will make the trip en route to a CHOGM summit in Samoa, but the King’s fragile health means it’ll be shorter than the epic visits of years gone by.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
All eyes on Kate in first appearance since cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales has appeared in public for the first time this year, as she begins her return to public life with an all-family outing at Trooping the Colour.
- Updated
- Hannah Furness
April
King Charles goes back to work
Buckingham Palace announced that the monarch has recovered from cancer and will resume public-facing duties.
- Hans van Leeuwen
March
- Analysis
- Cancer
Princess Catherine and the power of a cancer diagnosis
This year began as an annus horribilis for the royal family, but compassion coupled with a respectful fear of cancer, changed the narrative.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- Opinion
The real royal scandal is on us
The moment anyone in the public eye requests a desire to step away from the glare, we collectively make the worst possible scenario assumptions.
- Updated
- Pamela Paul
Royals ‘enormously touched’ by support after cancer announcement
Kate’s statement via a video message, which was filmed at Windsor Castle, triggered an outpouring of support from well-wishers.
- James Davey, Hannah Ellison and Will Russell
Celebrities who mocked Princess of Wales called on to apologise
The princess’s cancer revelation sparked an outpouring of support and has prompted an outcry at some of the nasty conspiracy theories propagated recently.
- India McTaggart and Michael Murphy
- Analysis
- Analysis
Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis puts royals on even more uncertain terrain
First King Charles and now Catherine, Princess of Wales, are facing grave health concerns, stretching an already slimmed-down monarchy.
- Mark Landler
- Updated
- Catherine, Princess of Wales
King, Prince Harry show support after Princess Kate reveals cancer diagnosis
Statement from the prince and the Duchess of Sussex says: “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Catherine, Princess of Wales
Princess Catherine’s photo fiasco highlights royal transparency dilemma
The imbroglio raises questions about how far the sanitised version of the family can be trusted, resurrecting demons that haunt its relationship with the media.
- William Wallis
- Analysis
- Analysis
Even Photoshop can’t erase the royals’ latest PR blunder
Now the British royal family faces a storm of questions about how it communicates with the press and public.
- Mark Landler
- Analysis
- Prince William
‘Fake’ Princess Kate photo becomes royal nightmare
That anyone is even questioning the veracity of the photograph is the stuff of nightmares for the palace in a world where fake news is spinning out of control.
- Hannah Furness
Top photo agencies kill ‘manipulated’ Princess Kate image
The palace faces questions over the authorised image that shows the Princess of Wales looking happy and healthy after her surgery earlier this year.
- Hannah Furness
February
- Opinion
- Cancer
The King’s cancer is a secret. Here’s what the clues suggest
The nature of the King’s cancer has not been disclosed, but from limited evidence, experts suggest bladder cancer is a leading option.
- Updated
- Jill Margo
King’s cancer ‘caught early’, as Harry visits his father
Britain’s PM offered a few details of the King’s condition as Charles’ estranged son Prince Harry flew to London, raising faint hopes of a royal reconciliation.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
