With Queen Elizabeth II's passing, the United Kingdom enters not just a period of mourning, but of huge uncertainty. The queen provided a constant presence during 70 years of change—but she played ...

NOBODY is mad at monarchy these days. Britain’s angry John Osborne can sneer: “My objection to the royal symbol is that it is dead; it is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay.” But that was nearly ...

Diana herself was a firm believer in monarchy, but she thought it was too remote from real life and real people. As Princess of Wales, all she could do was set an example. And that’s exactly what she ...

When Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announced their decision to step away as senior royals and strike out on their own, the British royal family joined the ranks of other royal ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The primary advantage of a monarch in an Arab country is his role as a unifying, paternal figure in tribally or religiously fragmented countries with little else to ...

Reza Pahlavi’s popularity and Iran’s mounting discontent raise the possibility of restoring a constitutional monarchy, a secular, democratic alternative increasingly viewed as a stable path forward ...

Laura Clancy has received funding from the ESRC and the AHRC. When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, Britain was just seven years out of the second world war. Rebuilding work was still ...