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Optics. The then Prime Minister said that he was going to let Parliament decide if Canada went to war, and at the time the House of Commons was on break. The Canadian MPs were recalled on August 31st in anticipation of the war being declared, but because of the size of Canada and the speed of...

So the Sussexes should put their 4 month old on display in order to counter republican sentiment owing to something the Prime Minister has done? That just screams entirely of pandering and I think will set the Sussexes up for further criticism. By not releasing photos willy-nilly they’re...

I think that wording may have been taken out of context; the full quote is “she felt that it would be in some ways a ‘boastful’ thing to do for this particular project.” Neither Meghan nor Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful (who made the statement) are saying that it would be boastful for a...

It wasn't that simple; the first time Harper had parliament prorogued it was to avoid a vote of non-confidence that was being plotted by a coalition of the other parties in parliament. The election had just happened in October with Harper's government winning a minority and by December the other...

Time to move on from the relationship of the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex

I believe it’s been reported that initially the Sussexes had picked a date while Charles and Camilla were in Wales, but moved it to accommodate them. It’s very likely that with trying to figure out a date that worked for everyone - Sussexes, godparents, Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles and...

Thank you! I couldn’t remember if he fell in the “no known living descendants” category or the “ancestor of QEII” category. I want to say that Scotland is similar in that all the Scottish monarchs fall into one of those two categories, but I can’t remember precisely who falls who beyond the...

We do know this. I don’t have it handy right now, but it has been well documented. I want to say she’s descended from every English monarch who has traceable living descendants, and is only not descended from a handful of British monarchs with living descendants - these would be Charles I...

This is incredibly unlikely and is based on a fallacy. The title Duke of York has fairly standard Salic law inheritance rules - that is it is inherited by the male, male-line descendants of the first Duke of that creation, and at such time as there are no more male descendants the title becomes...

Except the Stuarts weren't overthrown; after James II was deposed his daughter and her husband (who was a grandson of Charles I and James' nephew) reigned, then after their deaths James' other daughter reigned. Charles II is noted as having been a popular monarch during his reign. James I was...

Any such rumours would have been completely ignorant of fact. Regardless of the Queen Mother’s age when she was widowed or that a pregnancy doesn’t take a year to detect (and there were reliable pregnancy tests in 1952), is the plain and simple fact that the coronation of every British monarch...

General News for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Part 2: March 2017 The Duke of Edinburgh’s car accident can be discussed here.

There’s only one at a time. Charlotte can be created Princess Royal when her father is King and her great-aunt has passed.

Questions about British Styles and Titles I believe the stance the BRF has typically taken is that those who are descended from women who married into foreign royalty no longer fall under the same restrictions as those who are not. So, the Norwegians, being descended from Maud of Wales, who...

It's not as simple as "a royal wants to do go on a trip for their personal life and therefore makes up a reason to make it an official trip so they don't have to pay for it." It's a lot more complicated than that. Typically, there is no crossover between personal, private trips, and official...

The debate about whether or not Meghan is genuine or sincere has been deleted as off topic. Please keep this thread on the wedding. Posters are reminded to keep things on topic and remain respectful of each other.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Mia, George, and Charlotte all start attending the service at about the same time; Mia is about 6 months younger than George, and Charlotte a year and a bit younger than Mia. When the time comes, I think Louis, Lena, and Baby Sussex will all start attending at the...

Marchesa is co-owned by Georgina Chapman and owns much of its success to the fact that her husband (whom she is currently divorcing) Harvey Weinstein pressured women who appeared in his films to wear the brand. In the wake of the Me Too movement the brand has been shunned by celebrities.

I’ve never really bought into the idea that Richard had anything to do with the Princes’ deaths. First, the idea that he did it himself... it doesn’t make sense. He was the King of England, not an executioner. The suggestion that he would kill his nephews with his own hands just smacks of an...

Posts discussing US politics have been deleted as off topic. Let’s move on from getting into Australian republicanism as well. That can be discussed at the Queen and Australia thread.

Questions about British Styles and Titles Let’s keep race out of this.

I think that’s ultimately why they remain disputed while Edward V is not. His reign was confirmed retroactively by Edward VI. Matilda and Jane’s reigns have never been confirmed this way, despite Matilda at least having ruled longer.

The leader of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, has come out as a republican today. https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/singh-doesn-t-see-the-relevance-of-the-monarchy-1.4161263

Mary died at the age of 42 of what was likely either ovarian cysts or uterine cancer. She wasn’t so old when she married (or died) that children were out of the picture, were it not for her other health issues. I wouldn’t expect her to have lived longer had her parents not divorced, nor...

The dress is gorgeous, but it definitely looks like it’s revealing more than intended - the underwear line makes it clear it’s not an optical illusion. I highly doubt it’s something that they noticed when Meghan bought it, and actually I kind of wonder if it’s because of the flash of the...