British royal family

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• SOURCE: New York Review of Books
  5/7/2023
  

  The Coronation was a Modern Charade of Historical Continuity

  by Fintan O'Toole

  The pomp and ceremony of Charles III's coronation is largely a recent creation, invented to declare the continued importance and power of a monarchy that is vanishing in real significance. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/5/2023
  

  Why More of the Anglophone World Wants to Ditch the British Crown

  “There is a growing gap between Britain’s perception of its own empire and how it’s perceived everywhere else,” said William Dalrymple, a prominent historian of British India. “And that gap keeps growing.”

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  4/27/2023
  

  Documents Confirm Direct Ancestors of King Charles III Involved in Slave Trade

  Researcher Desirée Baptiste discovered documents of the sale of 200 Africans in Virginia to the family of the late Queen Mother. 

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• SOURCE: Der Spiegel
  3/12/2021
  

  Racism, White Supremacy and the British Royal Family

  by Brooke Newman

  The treatment of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by the royal family is a huge missed opportunity for leadership as denial of racism is growing in Britain. 

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• 12/13/2020
  

  A Lesson from "The Crown" for American Elections? Embrace Dignity, Demand Efficiency

  by Lolita Buckner-Inniss

  A fictionalized scene from the series "The Crown" illustrates the way that norms and good faith can overcome gaps in the letter of the law of government. The 2020 election shows that when norms and good faith approach failure, it's time to fill in those gaps.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/11/2020
  

  "The Crown" Takes the Shine Off Queen Elizabeth’s Reign

  In its sharp and splashy fourth season, the show finally criticizes Elizabeth for her ignorance, characterizing her as a ruler whose stubborn devotion to tradition makes her and her family out-of-touch fools caught off guard by change. 

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• 5-6-15
  

  Our Obsession with the Royals Goes Way Back

  by Susan Doran

  A biographer of Elizabeth I explains what the queen went through.

• SOURCE: Telegraph (UK)
  3-24-13
  

  Queen Mother may get blue plaque tribute

  Her name has been put forward for inclusion in the organisation’s scheme by a member of the public and her case is being considered by a panel including Sir David Cannadine, the historian, and Sir Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate.The plaques, which are attached to birthplaces and former homes of prominent figures, are not traditionally associated with royalty, as the scheme does not cover royal buildings or palaces.However, in the case of the late Queen Mother, other addresses could be considered, including her parents’ house near Victoria Station in London, where she lived as a child, and a property in Sloane Street. She also lived at a house in Bruton Street, near Berkeley Square, where the Queen was born....