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Prime Minister Tony Blair is said to have put aside his opposition to the election of House of Lords legislators after long arguments in the cabinet. As a result the Labour Party election manifesto includes a commitment to a free vote on the composition of that chamber. It is likely that this will eventually lead…

The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph newspapers have refused to run advertisements placed by Republic, Britain’s largest republican group. The advert called for the right to appoint the head of state to be taken from the Windsor family and given to the people through elections. The Telegraph told The Guardian newspaper that such adverts were…

The Church of England achieved a 13.6% return on its investments in 2004. The record of its investment fund over the last ten years put it in second place out of more than 1000 such funds. According to the Financial Times these profits resulted from heavy investment in commercial and residential property. The state church…

The government is considering a “levy” on owners of personal computers to finance the BBC. According to its green paper on the future of the state media giant this may be necessary if large numbers switch to watching TV on the Internet instead of using traditional television receivers. It is not clear whether the government…

Britain’s hereditary head of state, Liz Windsor, intends to issue a royal warrant instructing members of the Church of England to say weekly prayers for her son’s new wife after they marry in April. Prayers are already said for Windsor, her husband and son. The Church of England, (aka the Anglican Church) is the state…

Ten per cent more of Australians would want their country to become a republic if Charlie Windsor, son of British hereditary head of state Liz Windsor, became “king” on the death of his mother according to a Roy Morgan International opinion poll. Fifty-one per cent of those polled supported a republic at present. However, sixty-one…

Britain’s official class system should be left largely as it is, the labour party government has decided. It has rejected a recommendation by MPs that knighthoods and Orders of the British Empire (OBEs) be abolished. Instead the committees that recommend who should get such awards will be open to members of the public in the…

Liz Windsor, Britain’s hereditary head of state and head of the Church of England, has called of a visit to Ireland after Irish president Mary McAleese claimed that Protestant children in Northern Ireland had in the past been taught to hate Catholics. According to the Daily Mirror Ms. Windsor considered president McAlesse’s comparison of Protestant…

Barbados prime minister Owen Arthur has declared that his country will become a republic by the end of the year. In explaining this new urgency to a change already under discussion he referred to the possibility that one day Barbadians might have to swear allegiance to Harry Windsor. Mr. Windsor, who was recently photographed wearing…