News from the Centre for Citizenship

The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) has received donations totalling 250,000 Australian dollars (£143,000) from businessperson James Packer. This is the second largest donation ever made to ARM. According to the Sydney Morning Herald ARM chairperson Peter Fitzsimons would not confirm the donations but said: “We are going bloody well, and will make some announcements in…

In the Labour Party leadership contest neither socialist candidate has offered much comfort to republicans. Owen Smith told a “hustings” that he wanted to keep the feudal institution. Jeremy Corbyn, who is believed to be a republican, stated that he “wouldn’t make (a referendum on the monarchy) a priority” in an election campaign. Corbyn did…

Britain’s feudal “honours” system has taken another welcome hit with the announcement that the “stylist” of Samantha Cameron, wife of former prime minister David Cameron, is to be given an official “honour” for her “diary and fashion services”. The “honour” is the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Two government drivers will become Members of…

Britain’s feudal head of state Queen Windsor is set to receive a pay rise of £2.8m in 2017. The huge increase is the result of a shameful 2015 decision by Parliament to give Windsor 15% of the profits of the Crown Estate. Because the Estate’s profits have increased to £304m Windsor will be paid £45.6m…

Charles Windsor, who has the strange job of being the son of Britain’s head of state, sent the taxpayers travel bills for £658,000 in 2015-16. Those taxpayers were obliged to pay £33,249 for train journeys between Ayr, Yorkshire and Aberdeen. The two-day trip would have cost anyone else a few hundred pounds. But Charlie used…

Foolish Feudalist Pokes Nose Where It Does Not Belong Charlie Windsor, who is to inherit the position of UK head of state when his mother dies, has again used his feudal status to have his way on a public policy issue. Windsor has written a number of letters to the head of the Environment Agency…

Queen Windsor has acted to defend her family’s feudal privileges after a charge of political bias. She has made a complaint about a Sun newspaper story to the Press Standards Organisation. The Sun had reported that Windsor had forcefully criticised the European Union in conversation with Nick Clegg when he was Deputy Prime Minister. The…

Transport for London has given a slap in the face to upwards of 1.7m republican Londoners, and to others who visit London or fund its transport, by renaming Crossrail as the Elizabeth Line. The Elizabeth in question is Elizabeth Windsor, Britain’s feudal head of state. According to news media reports Conservative mayor Boris Johnson was…

Tom Brake, a Liberal Democrat MP, has proposed a new law that would stop the Windsor clan keeping its political activities secret. The Public Interest and Transparency Bill was presented to parliament on 19 January 2016. If passed it will make the Windsors subject to the Freedom of Information Act in the same way as…

Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia appeared in court this week on a charge of tax fraud. Cristina is the sister of the Spanish head of state. She is considered by monarchists to be a “princess”. The Spanish “royal” family has cut its ties to Ms. de Borbón…