An opinion poll has been described as a summary of the answers people are prepared to give to a question which is uninvited and on which they have no time to consider. Of course...

The current practice when reporting on the Royal Family seems to be to adopt the approach of that America's mauvaise language, Kitty Kelly. (The French, appropriately, call a scandal monger an evil tongue) Miss...

The late Princess Margaret, in more recent years, was the target of some quite malicious people who write inthe London press. Their code of ethics appears to exempt the Royal Family from the usual...

As we said in our news of 12 January 2004, the London Daily Mirror obviously believes that, at least as regards Prince Charles, ethics and decency should not get in the way of increased...

As for his statement " all monarchies are evil". If I'm not mistaken, the majority of the world 's longstanding (i.e. more than 60 years old) liberal democracies are monarchies. So Denmark defies the...

Sir David Smith is surely the authority on all matters viceregal. Republicans would be well advised to consult him before they put pen to paper-that is, if they do not want to have egg...

Apart from warning republicans that they may have to resign themselves not only to the reign of Charles III, but also William IV, Professor Greg Craven told his fellow republicans, in very clear terms,...

With all his reported changing and retreating from previously announced positions, the public is entitled to ask what Mark Latham believes in. To his credit, Mr Latham has written widely, in books and for...

Christopher Pearson began his column in The Weekend Australian on 3-4 January 2004 by describing his first encounter with Mark Latham. This was after Mr. Latham had, under parliamentary privilege, defamed him, as well...

The Herald Sun Survey   This was the headline in Australia's largest circulating newspaper, The Herald Sun on the day before Christmas Eve, 30 December 2003.1 hate to think of what the new Opposition...