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Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?

When a royal faces scrutiny, it can feel like a rupture with tradition. Yet across the ages, British royals have repeatedly fallen under suspicion. What makes the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so striking is that we have to reach back to the 17th century to find anything comparable.

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Flogged it! TV star Michael Baggott’s final silver collection sells for £112,891

The collection included a shallow silver bowl that sold for £3,810 and a silver James I dish that exceeded estimates, fetching £5,334.

Evening Standard

Final auction of Flog It! star Michael Baggott’s silver collection raises £112k

The collection included a shallow silver bowl that sold for £3,810 and a silver James I dish that exceeded estimates, fetching £5,334.

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Don Lemon's Bad Day, Looksmaxxing, and King Charles II

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss how Don Lemon deeply misunderstands the First Amendment and much more from this week's doomscrolling.

Reason

King’s pilgrimage-themed Christmas message filmed in Westminster Abbey

The abbey’s Lady Chapel is the location of Charles’ broadcast, a late medieval construction built for Henry VII.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Needs to be slimmed down’: Readers debate the Royal Family’s future as Andrew is stripped of ‘prince’ title

YOUR VIEWS: Our community says Andrew’s disgrace highlights the need for a serious examination of the monarchy, with calls for greater transparency, accountability, and a slimmed-down or reformed royal family

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew's 'Fight for Comfort' Exposes Palace Blind Spot and Tests King Charles's Authority

Prince Andrew's defiance over Royal Lodge and demands for two homes test King Charles's reformist vision for a modern, accountable monarchy.

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Father’s 80th birthday visit to palace his ancestor was commissioned to paint

Jacob de Wet II was commissioned by King Charles II to create more than 110 paintings for the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Evening Standard

The Hidden Meaning Behind Iconic Pieces of Royal Jewelry

Some are hundreds of years old.

Marie Claire

Royal Butler Reflects on King Charles's Decision "To Let" Prince George Have One Particular Honor in "Surprise" Move

"I was quite surprised because that was not the impression I got."

Marie Claire

Trump to make unprecedented second state visit to UK in September

U.S. President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. between Sept. 17 and 19 when he will be hosted by King Charles II and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle

The Independent UK

30 Weird But True Facts About Royals

How many of these royal facts will actually surprise you?

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Royal Observatory Greenwich: The birthplace of modern astronomy turns 350

That's a lot of standard candles.

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30 Surprising Facts About Royals History Textbooks Forgot To Mention

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US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimes

The military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history

Woman & Home

What does Trooping the Colour mean, what is this annual royal event and what time does it start?

Trooping the Colour takes place every June and royal fans come together in huge numbers to watch.

Evening Standard

Hillsborough ‘Castlemen’ parade at full strength for first time since 1890

The Hillsborough Fort Guard was created in the 17th century when a royal warrant was first issued by Charles II.

The Independent UK

Prince Harry asks PM to step in over security row

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Could humanity be extinct within 10,000 years? A new book is the wake up call our species needs

In H.G. Wells’ dystopian 1895 novel The Time Machine an unnamed Victorian scientist travels to the year 802,701. Instead of finding a flourishing, enlightened human civilisation reaping the cumulative benefits of millennia of economic and intellectual growth, he finds a horror scene. Here, gentle humans called Eloi are now the…

Marie Claire

Will Prince Louis be Granted a Title from Dad Prince William That's "Tainted With Sadness"—or Will He Get a Dukedom at All?

Royal historian Jessica Storoschuk tells 'Marie Claire' what Prince Louis and Prince George's future titles could look like.

Reason

Pardoning Corporations (Apropos President Trump's Pardon of BitMEX)

The Hill (Kimberly Wehle) reported yesterday: On Friday, Trump issued full and unconditional pardons to four individuals and a related cryptocurrency exchange,… The post Pardoning Corporations (Apropos President Trump's Pardon of BitMEX) appeared first on Reason.com.

The Conversation

Calf’s head consommé with truffle quenelles: a history of what the royals ate for Christmas, from the exotic to the everyday

As we prepare our Christmas fare – a hot roast with all the trimmings, a seafood smorgasbord or a beach-side barbecue – it is timely to think about what others have on their Christmas menus.

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I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective

When exploring wrecked warship the London I can barely see six inches ahead, but I’ve dived 500 times to document and save the secrets of this vessel built by Oliver Cromwell

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Secrets and lies: spies of the Stuart era played a dangerous game in the shadows of an unstable Europe

Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats – a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a result, by the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the English government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering domestic and international intelligence.

The Independent UK

Old Bailey hauntings: Victorian baby killer, ghostly barrister and spectral cat

A phantasmal woman seen lurking outside a jury room is believed by some to be that of nurse Amelia Dyer, dubbed the Ogress of Reading.

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