Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Prince William became a seasoned statesman
The Prince of Wales was scrambled at very short notice to woo Donald Trump whose four-year term will have significant foreign policy implications for the UK.
- Victoria Ward
October
Thorpe set to avoid censure over King Charles protest
King Charles and Queen Camilla delighted an estimated 10,000 supporters at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday, a day after a controversial protest at parliament.
- Tom McIlroy
King and Queen greet royal fans at Sydney Opera House
King Charles and Queen Camilla enjoyed a barbeque in Parramatta before heading towards the CBD; Hero Bondi stabbing police officer to meet visiting royals. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade
The Aussie novel Camilla ‘adores’ and what she reads on tour
The Queen champions literature through her Reading Room charity, which has thrived since it was launched during the pandemic as part of a global boom in book clubs.
- Lucy Dean
Not quite the ‘Lizard of Oz’: How Brits reacted to Thorpe’s protest
Senator Lidia Thorpe’s heckling made headlines in the UK, but the British PM wasn’t going to pour petrol on the flames.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Thorpe should resign over protest: royal diehards
Andrew Forrest greets the King during garden tour; Tony Abbott says Senator Lidia Thorpe’s protest at a reception was “political exhibitionism”. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade
‘Not my king’: Thorpe condemned over royal protest
The former Greens senator disrupted a reception for King Charles and Queen Camilla at Parliament House on Monday.
- Tom McIlroy
King Charles declares democracies ‘must evolve’ on Australian tour
The monarch meets Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and prominent Australians at Parliament House on Monday.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australia clings to British embrace with King Charles’ royal visit
A particular type of rhetorical syrup that “oozes over cracks” in the Australia-Britain relationship will be on full display.
- James Curran
King Charles and Queen Camilla prepare for official engagements
The King, who has been receiving treatment for cancer, is the first reigning monarch in more than a decade to visit Australia.
- Luke Costin and Aaron Bunch
Royal tour revives Australian ties for King Charles
The King and Queen will spend five days in Australia, a country where the young Charles spent part of his formative years.
- Tom McIlroy
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
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
