News from the Centre for Citizenship

A ten-year prison sentence imposed on a Thai journalist accused of insulting his country’s “royal” family is another demonstration of the viciousness of monarchy and a blow to the claim of monarchists that their feudal institution is compatible with democracy. Somyot Prucksakasemsuk’s “crime” is to have published magazine articles “defaming” Thailand’s “king”. The publication was…

Only one-third of New Zealanders want Charles Windsor to become their head of state on the death of his mother, according to an opinion poll in the Herald on Sunday. But under the feudal system New Zealand shares with Britain, they will be barred from all say in the matter. In the poll 43.3% of…

The number of Spaniards with good or very good opinion of their country’s “king”, Juan Carlos Bourbon, has fallen from 72% to 50% according to a poll by the El Mundo newspaper. The percentage wanting to abolish the feudal institution of monarchy was 41%, the highest ever. Pro-democracy sentiment was higher amongst younger Spanish people.…

The first part of the costs of Charles Windsor’s publicity tour of New Zealand has been released by the Department of Internal Affairs, showing $766,000 was spent on the 6 day tour by the department alone. “This does not include what the Defence Force, Police and local authorities spent” said Lewis Holden, chair of the…

Shortly after Starbucks offered to make voluntary tax payments to counter criticism of its low tax returns, Charles Windsor has repeated his claim that tax is voluntary for him because of the supposedly superior genes on which he bases his claim to be “royal”. Windsor is refusing to pay corporation tax on income from the…

Former top civil servant and current legislator-for-life Gus O’Donnell described Britain’s feudal head of state as “the ultimate public servant” when she attended a meeting of the Cabinet this week. Mr. O’Donnell did not cite any true public servant paid £13m a year or allowed the very short working week that Lizzie Windsor puts in.…

Britain’s state church is looking for a hedge fund or private equity manager to manage its £5.2bn of investments, according to the Financial Times. The person appointed will manage hedge fund investments that have doubled since 2011 and account for about 10 per cent of the Church of England’s assets. Private equity investments generated a…

People’s Rights Trumped by Feudal Privilege The government has taken the side of the Windsor clan against the people, blocking a ruling by an information freedom tribunal that efforts by Charles Windsor to use his privileged status to influence public policy should be disclosed to the people. An information tribunal chaired by a judged had…

Government Tries to Downplay Windsor Foreignness The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs has sent an email to organisers of events for Charles Windsor’s tour in November stating that there is to be “no use of Union Jacks or bunting.” According to the New Zealand Republican Movement the Department explained this strange request by saying…