The Dutch Counted What Their Royal House Made From Slavery. Should Ours?
A headline from the Netherlands puts a figure of nearly half a billion on one dynasty’s earnings, in the same…
Month: October 2026
‘Darkest Days’ but No Apology: The King’s Caribbean Tour and the Limits of What a Monarch Can Say
Reports say Charles will acknowledge the shame of the slave trade without the word campaigners want, and the reason lies…
Never Complain, Never Explain: Why the Palace Stays Silent on the Traitor Row
The royal household long-standing approach to family controversy is to say nothing, and this week has shown both the strength…
From the Abdication to Today: A Short History of Royal Brothers Who Stopped Speaking
The reported traitor row is far from the first rift between royal siblings, and the history offers some perspective on…
The Heir Burden: What the Prince of Wales Role Demands, and Why It Shapes the Brothers Relationship
Understanding the unique pressures of being heir to the throne helps explain, though not excuse, the tensions reported this week…
Royal Books That Shook the Palace: From Diana Her True Story to Today Memoir Row
The uncle memoir at the centre of the traitor claims joins a long line of books that have unsettled the…
The Show Goes On: Royal Duty, Public Engagements and Keeping Calm While the Family Makes Headlines
While the traitor claims circulate, the business of the monarchy continues in diaries, visits and ceremonies, and that continuity is…
