Buckingham Palace Does Not Comment: What A Polite Chatbot Reveals About Royal Communications
A Central London royal correspondent reads about Piers Morgan’s war on a courteous AI and reflects on the palace’s own…
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Private Citizens With Police Escorts: The Unresolved Question Of What The Sussexes Are
A Central London royal correspondent unpacks the constitutional and security puzzle behind Harry and Meghan’s insistence that they are private…
The Sovereign Grant Falls From 137.9 Million to 99.9 Million Pounds in 2027-28: What the Royal Trustees Propose and What Parliament Must Do About It
The 2026 review recommends raising the formula percentage from 12 to 20.5 percent, holding the Grant flat for four more…
The Royal Collection Trust Lost 182,000 Visitors and Saw Net Income Fall to 3.5 Million Pounds: What the 2025-26 Accounts Say About Paying to See a Palace
Income dipped by 4.6 million to 85.3 million pounds, a recovered snuff box cost 3 million in an insurance repayment,…
Buckingham Palace Is a Working Office, a Building Site and a Summer Tourist Attraction
How a fire at Windsor turned the monarch’s London headquarters into one of the capital’s busiest ticketed venues Buckingham Palace…
Why the King Cannot Enter the House of Commons, and Other Truths of the State Opening
A slammed door, a hostage, a search of the cellars and a speech its reader did not write: the constitution,…
Who Pays for the King? A Plain Guide to the Sovereign Grant
The monarchy’s funding is public, published and widely misunderstood by people on both sides of the argument Who Pays for…
By Appointment: The Curious Commerce of the Royal Warrant
A coat of arms on a jar of marmalade is one of the oldest marketing devices in Britain, and it…
The Soldiers Under the Bearskins Are Real Soldiers, and It Is Hot in There
Behind Trooping the Colour and the Changing of the Guard is a working army division with a difficult double life…
The King and Queen Will Stay at Clarence House After a 369 Million Pound Buckingham Palace Refurbishment: What a Palace Is For When Nobody Sleeps There
Spending reached 318 million pounds by March 2026, the works finish in March 2027, and officials say the building will…
