Month: November 2004

New Zealand prime minister Helen Clarke has announced a select committee enquiry into that country’s constitution. It will be chaired by United Future leader and republican Peter Dunne. His report is not expected to lead to any immediate change. Republicans in New Zealand hope, however, that the enquiry will provide a forum for discussion of…

It has been disclosed that Charlie Windsor, who is due to become Britain’s head of state when his mother dies, seems to acknowledge that being his mother’s son may not make him fit to hold the nation’s highest public office. In a confidential memo produced during an employment tribunal hearing he asked “What is wrong…