Month: June 2009
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Windsor Take Up 23%
Charles Windsor, hereditary heir to Britain’s chief public office, increased his direct take from the taxpayers by £575,000 last year, a 23.5% increase in a time of financial crisis. Most of the increase was accounted for by an extra £550,000 spent on travel, including two overseas tours. In all the feudal ruler took £3m from…
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Republican Group Formed in Denmark
The Republican Constitutional Movement has been founded in Denmark to campaign for the end of what is said to be the world’s oldest monarchy. A recent opinion poll suggested that only 15.3% of Danes want a republic. However, 56% of respondents were in favour of revising the constitution. Some republicans see this as a sign…
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Australia: No Republic Vote Yet
The Australian Senate has rejected a bill that would have required a vote on the monarchy at the next federal election. The proposal for a non-binding plebiscite was made by the Green party but rejected by a senate committee that considered 250 submissions. The committee recommended a public awareness campaign to prepare Australians for possible…
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Windsor Wins With Help of Feudal Friends
Charles Windsor, heir to the office of head of state, has succeeded in blocking modern architecture in a redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site in London. According to the Financial Times Mr. Windsor was able to persuade fellow feudal rulers in Qatar, the al-Thani family, to intervene to have the plans scrapped. The owner of…
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BBC: No Apology for Feudal Bias
The BBC has dismissed a complaint by the Centre for Citizenship that a claim in a news report that a “leading republican” had been arrested for multiple murders in Northern Ireland show bias against republicans. The most the state broadcaster, which claims to be “the greatest force for cultural good on the face of the…