King Charles’s US state visit was never in doubt
Mark Twain famously wrote that “rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated”, and similar rumors have proliferated about King…
Should we pay for Harry and Meghan’s security?
After a period of several months in which attention has been mainly focused not on Prince Harry but on his…
There’s no need to cancel Charles’s US state visit
The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the United States seems to have reached a historically unspecial nadir, in large…
The Oscars was as exciting as a Keir Starmer speech
The results of this year’s Oscars were so predictable as to be entirely unexciting. Months ago, the pundits had called…
Will Iran scupper King Charles’s US state visit?
In April, King Charles is scheduled to visit the United States to mark 250 years since America achieved its independence.…
The awkward truth about Charles’s Commonwealth message
Under normal circumstances, King Charles’s message to the Commonwealth would be a carefully crafted and anodyne series of platitudes, designed…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is on his own
For future royal historians, the date 19 February may take on the same totemic significance as the abdication of Edward…
The demise of the first Oxfam bookshop would be a catastrophe
The news that Oxford’s main Oxfam bookshop on St Giles in the city has been threatened with closure is one…
The seismic arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Ever since the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, no member of the royal family has been arrested, which makes…
Is BrewDog finished?
The news that the Scottish beer company BrewDog has put itself up for sale has been greeted with a mixture…
Robert Duvall was one of the Hollywood greats
The death of the actor Robert Duvall at the age of 95 – almost exactly a year after that of…
Is it time to scrub Andrew from the line of succession?
The sheer weight of allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – all tawdry, all sordid – runs the risk of creating not so much…
What lies behind the royal redactions?
Nothing has been as damaging for the British royal family as the unfortunate meeting of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein.…
The royal family has entered uncharted waters
The statement issued by Buckingham Palace last night, addressing the ongoing fallout from the latest release of Epstein files, was…
William and Kate are bracing themselves for more Andrew scandal
There has been much hand-wringing and drama about what the royal family should be doing – and criticism of what…
Why Andrew had to be booted from Royal Lodge
The news that the disgraced former Duke of York has been turfed out of his home of Royal Lodge in…
The Epstein files have exposed the extent of Fergie’s greed
Since the latest tranche of the Epstein files was released over the weekend, the people who have been most embarrassingly…
Wuthering Heights’ race row is the height of nonsense
Most of us associate Wuthering Heights with high school English classes or Kate Bush caterwauling over the moors while exhibiting…
There’s no way back for Peter Mandelson
When historians write the definitive biography of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the character of Peter Mandelson will prove…
Epstein’s boys’ club has been blown open
It was widely suggested that many powerful people – from President Donald Trump downwards – would have preferred the notorious…
Has Harry Styles killed the music tour?
Whisper it, but Harry Styles – once talked of as the biggest British pop star since Robbie Williams – may…
We’ll miss the bar chains when they’re gone
The news that the Revolution chain of bars has gone into administration may not immediately fill Spectator readers with sorrow.…
Prince Harry couldn’t hide his anger during his court showdown
When Prince Harry left the witness box at the UK High Court this afternoon, it was observed that he was…
Could Brooklyn bring down the house of Beckham?
‘How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is it to have a thankless child!’ Such was the lament of Shakespeare’s King…
Is Prince Harry ready for his privacy trial showdown?
When Prince Harry makes one of his comparatively rare returns to Britain, he tends to exhibit one of two personae.…
