News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Day of Anguish and Humiliation for Bourbons
The Spanish Bourbon family had a “day of anguish and humiliation” when the daughter of Spain’s king was questioned in court last Friday, according to the Financial Times. The Bourbons were once considered untouchable. But Christina Bourbon is now a suspect in a case of alleged embezzlement of public funds by her husband. The privileges…
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Bourbon Revelations Show Extent of Windsor Trick
Spanish Family Paid Less Than Bankers The extraordinary financial support given to Britain’s Windsor family has been given new emphasis by the publication of figures for the income of the Spanish Bourbons. The Spanish family has felt obliged to be more open in order to counter falling support for its privileges Carlos Bourbon takes a…
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Republicans Undaunted By Poor Poll Result
Change in Monarch May Change Views Australian republicans are reported to be unsurprised by a recent poll that shows support for Britain’s feudal family at just over two percentage points above support for an Australian republic. Former deputy PM Wayne Swan said that that poll should inspire republicans to “redouble efforts”. Geoff Gallop, who chairs…
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Most Aussies Reject Windsor
Loyalty Is To Country Seventy per cent of Australians prefer a pledge of allegiance to their country rather than to queen Windsor according to a poll commissioned by the Australian Republican Movement (ARM). This follows the decision of new Prime Minister Tony Abbot, a confessed monarchist, to revert to the feudal pledge to a foreign…
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Public Accounts Committee Report on Sovereign Grant
Criticises Windsors But Fails the People The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has gently criticised queen Windsor for spending above her income from the “sovereign grant” and for neglect of the public properties in which she lives. But it has failed the people of Britain by ignoring the burden her family places on both the rights…
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Lordly Judges Rule Against Free Speech
Three Court of Appeal judges who use the feudal title of “Lord” have ruled that London’s Metropolitan Police were entitled to make pre-emptive arrests of republicans who had committed no crime in order to stop them expressing republican views on the day of the marriage of William Windsor and Kate Middleton in 2011. This ruling…
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Windsors Tighten PR Operations
Family Prepares for Charles to Take Over The Windsor clan are consolidating their public relations operations to prepare for when Charles Windsor replaces his better liked mother as Britain’s feudal head of state according to news media reports. It is widely expected that the eccentricities and more open use of privilege by the younger Windsor…
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Denial in Church of England
Julian Welby, who heads Britain’s state church, has accused some bankers of being “absolutely still in denial” about the need for banking reform, according to a report in the Financial Times. Welby is well placed to comment about the state of being in in denial as it is a requirement of his job. When his…
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Republicans Still Criminals in Britain
The Ministry of Justice has withdrawn an announcement that republicans are no longer liable for life imprisonment for their beliefs. It said that Section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848, which provides for that penalty for those who call for the abolition of monarchy, has not been repealed. Last week a footnote to a…
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Australian Republic Boost
An Australian Republican Movement (ARM) poll indicates that 48% of Australians agree with their governor-general that their country should become a republic. Perhaps surprisingly support for the democratic option is strongest, at 59%, in those aged 60-69. And more than 50% of Australians aged 18-39 wanted to free their country from monarchy. Governor-General Quentin Bryce…