Opinion

OPINION: Why King Harald and Queen Sonja are right about Americans and monarchies

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10th November 2022
King Harald and Queen Sonja recently caused some controversy after making comments about Americans. On 8 November, their daughter, Princess Märtha Louise, announced she would step back from royal duties and relinquish her patronages. The Norwegian Royal Court said: ”Princess Märtha Louise wishes to differentiate more clearly between her own activities and her relationship with the…
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Is Meghan a Princess? Technically yes - but it is more complicated than that

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31st August 2022
The Duchess of Sussex is not known as ‘Princess Meghan’ for exactly the same reasons that the Duchess of Cambridge is not known as ‘Princess Catherine’. Although both women listed their job titles as ‘Princess of the United Kingdom’, neither woman is afforded the title. Upon their marriage in 2018, The Queen granted Prince Harry the title of Duke of Sussex, with Meghan…
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Is it time for The Queen to start taking titles away when scandal hits her family?

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18th February 2022
Over the last five years, commentators and royal watchers everywhere have asked: should The Queen start taking titles away from royals who err? While it is not a clear cut case, it is not necessarily as unthinkable as it once was. Many people have called for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to lose their titles after stepping back from working royal life in January 2020. I don’t believe…
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Are we done with these poor, unfortunate Diana portrayals yet?

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10th November 2021
What would happen if nearly everything bad that ever happened in Diana, Princess of Wales’s life—that we know happened, anyway—happened over the three-day period of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 1991? Spencer would happen. Fair warning: this review/opinion piece is laden with spoilers. If you want to watch without my ramblings colouring your opinion, do not…
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