St Edward’s crown fashioned as emoji for Charles coronation
Buckingham Palace creates Twitter hashtags with motif of 17th century crown to sit on king’s head during May ceremony
June 2022
Unlike the Queen, King Charles will have no sense of caution, only of entitlement
Nick Cohen
A monarch who does not know his place would be a disaster for an unstable Britain
February 2021
Queen's consent investigations
Queen's consent is a constitutional outrage – parliament must abolish it
Norman Baker
If an MP or peer sought to secretly influence a draft bill in this way, it could lead to a criminal charge, says the former MP and author Norman Baker
November 2020
The Crown's fourth season: Charles and Diana tour Australia in festival of nostalgia
In the new episodes, which land on 15 November, we revisit the 1983 trip that marked the global rise of the ‘people’s princess’ – and the beginning of the end of her marriage
December 2017
Prince Charles admits he lobbied Alex Salmond over Teach First
Exclusive: Scottish government releases papers showing prince lobbied first minister in 2013 to promote teacher-training charity
August 2017
Clarence House should release Prince Charles’s Scottish spider memos
David McClure
What the heir to the throne has to say about teacher training may well be of less import than the issue of secrecy surrounding his correspondence, says the author David McClure
Publish Prince Charles lobbying letters, Scottish government urged
Pressure comes after the Guardian revealed ministers withheld or redacted documents from prince’s office on behalf of Teach First
Scottish ministers refuse to release Prince Charles lobbying letters
Prince’s office supported proposals from charity that could financially benefit from changes to Scotland’s teacher training rules
April 2016
The Queen and a reign of abject failure
Joan Smith
Institutions have changed to reflect the modern world, but not the monarchy. And she is to blame
March 2016
Freedom of Information Act need not be radically altered, review finds
Minister says FoI law ‘working well’ as commission urges strengthening veto, limiting delays and keeping requests free
February 2016
The Guardian view on ministers and the courts: Britain’s quiet constitutional revolution
Editorial: The attorney general wants politicians not judges to determine the public interest but recent judgments and bills show the argument is far from settled
MPs better placed than judges to decide public interest, says attorney general
Speaking at UCL, Jeremy Wright QC said the supreme court was mistaken in releasing Prince Charles’s ‘black spider’ memos in response to an FOI request
Prince Charles’s paintings are notching up millions. That doesn’t make them any good
Jonathan Jones
He grew up surrounded by art, and his work isn’t awful – just amateur. But the poor man has to do something with his time
