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Except to him…? After all, that compass clearly guided Harry to abandon royal life in the UK for celebrity life in the US. Service and duty or trapped? What’s more, he then got on US television and hailed the godsend Meghan was for rescuing him from the gilded cage he sees his brother William and… Read more.
Podcast Episode 88 Everyone expected the competition between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to become the next British prime minister to be pioneering. But it turned out to be pioneering in ways no one expected. Meanwhile, nothing has betrayed the British hallowed sense of tradition quite like the ruling Conservative Party forcing Britons to abide… Listen.
This blog is replete with my anti-monarchist views. But those views date back to my childhood. That’s when I developed an innate sense of resentment at seeing my compatriots take greater pride in the “Queen’s Honours” (like knighthoods and OBEs) than in our national independence. But I am heartened that Barbados is leading “Commonwealth countries”… Read more.
Prince Andrew’s ‘MeToo’ Accuser A judge has given the green light to a lawsuit by an American woman who says Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17. … U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected an argument by Andrew’s lawyers that Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit should be thrown out at an early stage because… Read more.
I am an ardent anti-monarchist. But the purportedly chauvinistic Philip put a public face on feminism long before its modern wave became a movement. I eulogize him for doing so with dignity and inimitable charm. Indeed, I saw no contradiction in hailing Philip and Elizabeth II on the occasion of their diamond wedding anniversary. I… Read more.
The royal family let the world think that “Randy Andy” divorced Fergie to prevent her from bringing it into disrepute. Now comes this: The Queen summoned Prince Andrew to Buckingham Palace to strip him of his royal duties, it is claimed. Prince Andrew last night announced he was stepping back from public life in a move… Read more.
Alas, England, this is no breach. For the embarrassing truth is that this narcissistic Neanderthal thinks everything, including royal protocol, is all about him. Related commentaries: mooning NATO… Read more.
What concerns me is that people around the world seem even more vested in this anachronistic institution (namely, the British monarchy) today than they were when William’s parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana, got married 30 years ago (on July 29, 1981). I have long maintained that royalty makes a mockery of the universal principle that… Read more.
Continuing this series, which began with a proper introduction yesterday, this second commentary is from May 4, 2007. I feel compelled to note, however, that the American media are providing blanket coverage of this wedding for the same reason they provide similar coverage of human train wrecks like Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump: it’s a perverse ratings bonanza.… Read more.
