The royal wedding: a survival strategy | Letters
Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have tied the knot, what next for the royal family?In Andrew Rawnsley’s article on the royal family (“When the confetti is swept away we are still left with a...
View ArticleAndrzej Krauze on the royal wedding – cartoon
Across Europe, millions watched the ceremony as Britain’s preparations to leave the EU rumbled onContinue reading...
View ArticlePosh royal expert exposed as Tommy from upstate New York
Thomas J Mace-Archer-Mills issued advice to new duchess on how ‘us’ Brits behaveThomas J Mace-Archer-Mills Esq, the plummy-voiced leader of the British Monarchist Federation, was a regular feature on...
View ArticleSunshine and a royal wedding spark British spending spree in May
Retail sales grew at highest rate in four years but experts warn uplift may be short-livedRetailers had one of their best months in recent years in May as warm weather and the royal wedding tempted...
View ArticleBeckhams donate royal wedding outfits to fund for Manchester attack
David and Victoria Beckham give clothes worn at Windsor to We Love Manchester appealDavid and Victoria Beckham have donated their royal wedding outfits to raise money for the victims of the Manchester...
View ArticleRoyal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins two Classic Brits
Awards celebrate 18-year-old who played at marriage of Duke and Duchess of SussexSheku Kanneh-Mason, the young cellist who performed at last month’s royal wedding, has won two Classic Brit awards.The...
View ArticleTaking a lesson from Michael Curry could just save the Church of England |...
It is so handicapped by self-importance that applying the flexibility of other churches could revive its plummeting numbersReports that the Church of England is to open up its pulpits to joyful...
View ArticleGeorge the Poet: ‘My manifesto was in poetry when I ran for student union chair’
The spoken word artist from north London on drill music, using art to educate young people and the joy of podcastingSpoken-word artist George the Poet, or George Mpanga, 27, grew up in Neasden in...
View ArticleRoyal wedding and Trump visit rack up £9m in policing costs
Thames Valley police ask for Home Office help after covering major events in 2018Policing costs for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle and the visit of Donald Trump cost...
View ArticleThe Kingdom Choir review – royal wedding stars give pop the gospel treatment
Union Chapel, LondonThe Pentecostal choir du jour might be preaching to the converted, but their vocal power and ecstatic harmonies make for spine-tingling momentsA starring slot at Harry and Meghan’s...
View ArticleWindrush, Brexit, Trump and Cambridge Analytica: looking back at 2018 – podcast
The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, revisits the biggest stories of the year from the Windrush scandal, Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, the Brexit saga and the Trump administration to...
View ArticleFrom the World Cup to the royal wedding, seven big stories of 2018
Observer writers recall revealing moments behind the headlines of stories they coveredWith Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma playing in the background and hands clasped together in prayer, Matteo Salvini walked...
View ArticleWe live in the worst of times - but amid the darkness good things happened in...
The kids revolted, Facebook was humbled, house prices fell, a football team was rescued from a cave and ... Prince Harry found happinessLooking back over 2018, weirdly the things that are the easiest...
View ArticleIt will take more than a gold piano to bring down the house of Windsor |...
The furore over the Queen’s Christmas message was so much sound and furyCould the gilded piano, rage-inducing star of the Queen’s Christmas message, have been put there on purpose? Even the most...
View ArticleUnfazed: royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on a life-changing year
Inspiring others ‘who look like me’ to take up music just as important as fame, says teenagerHaving topped the classical music charts and performed before a global TV audience of hundreds of millions...
View ArticleWhat if the Caribbean refused royal visits until reparations were paid? |...
Charles and Camilla are the latest to arrive and help whitewash the injustices of slavery and empireOnce upon a time monarchs ruled by divine right, then later with charismatic authority. The future...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan release wedding photos to mark anniversary
Couple, who had baby Archie this month, post 14 pictures on Instagram a year after marriageThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have marked their first wedding anniversary by releasing a series of...
View ArticlePomp, circumstance and celebrity: people-watching in Windsor – a cartoon
On Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday, US-born Windsor resident Cynthia Barlow Marrs takes a close look at this town of parades, state visits and royal weddingsWindsor is a castle town, a garrison town...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan insist on privacy. Apart from when they’re the ones doing...
A new book will invite derision and give yet more ammunition to their detractors“As Meghan continued her morning yoga practice by the green riverbanks of the Zambezi River, it was difficult not to lose...
View ArticleThe royals are just like much of our press - trapped in a fantasy version of...
We can’t enjoy a better future until we begin to reshape institutions no longer fit for todayAmong the justifications habitually wheeled out by the monarchy’s defenders is the claim that a queen or a...
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