Monarchy
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Belgian coalition talks collapse over budget dispute
Capital gains tax row scuppers summer-long negotiations.
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Cocaine, Jeffrey Epstein and a dead elephant: Royals behaving badly vex Europe’s leaders
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The fugitive prince, the diamond tycoon and the secret plot to snatch €145M of royal land
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King Charles’ €500K lobster dinner blows hole in French presidency’s budget
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Fugitive Romanian prince triggers legal storm on sun-kissed island
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Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s new prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved
An American’s guide to the 2024 UK election
We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 — but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.
Bart De Wever wants to break up Belgium. But first he wants to rule it.
On Wednesday, the king tasked a Flemish nationalist with trying to form a government.
Labour hates King Charles (say Tory election attack ads)
The Conservatives are pushing dubious claims on social media that Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to scrap the monarchy as a July 4 election looms.
Sánchez on the edge: Will Spain’s prime minister resign?
His ultimate decision could result in very different scenarios for Spain, and could impact negotiations over the new leaders of the EU’s institutions.
The king’s health: After annus horribilis, finally some good news
British royals Kate Middleton and King Charles continue to battle cancer.
King Charles III heads back to work as cancer treatment continues
Cautiously upbeat statement from Buckingham Palace comes as British ruler continues cancer treatment.
Blood covered royal horses rampage through London
The Household Cavalry horses caused havoc in central London but are now accounted for, said police.
Downing Street was ‘infested with fleas,’ Liz Truss says in new memoir
Boris Johnson’s dog Dilyn may have been the cause, Truss charges in excerpts in the Daily Mail.
Revealed: Queen Elizabeth II’s advice to Liz Truss
The former prime minister admits failing to heed the late monarch’s guidance.
Kate Middleton cancer: UK reels as princess joins King Charles in sharing health diagnosis
Politicians have condemned the conspiracy theories and internet gossip surrounding the princess’s health.
Back off Kate Middleton, says UK Labour’s Keir Starmer
The Labour leader commented on the royal conspiracy theories swirling around the internet.
Kate Middleton photo scandal links Palace to North Korea and Iran, news chief says
“Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source the bar is raised,” said AFP’s global news director.
Kate Middleton says sorry for ‘editing’ Mother’s Day photo that caused furor
Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery in January and has since remained out of the public eye.
Britain’s royal vacuum as King Charles and Kate Middleton retreat from view
Illness is keeping key royals out of action — and causing headaches for Britain’s elected politicians.
The careful choreography behind King Charles III’s cancer announcement
Buckingham Palace’s candid announcement is part of a carefully-managed media strategy.
King Charles has cancer. So what happens next?
Britain’s ‘unwritten’ constitution is unusually clear on the political arrangements if a monarch is too sick to work.
King Charles III’s cancer ‘caught early,’ says PM Rishi Sunak
The British prime minister is ‘in regular contact with’ the king.
King Charles III has cancer
Prince Harry due to fly in as British monarch steps back from “public-facing” aspects of his role.
Dutch king could see salary almost halved in royal tax shake-up
Proposed changes could see Willem-Alexander and his family paying income tax like everyone else.
King Charles III to get hospital treatment for enlarged prostate
Buckingham Palace says monarch’s public engagements will be postponed.
The rumored resurrection of Austria-Hungary
Whether it’s Ukraine, Russia, or even the Israel-Hamas conflict, the impression in EU circles is that the pair are singing from the same songbook.
Europe’s far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign
Anti-EU hardliners gathered in Florence to kick off their 2024 election drive.
A football star, caviar and a water show: Inside Saudi Arabia’s campaign to host the 2030 Expo
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has turned the bid into a campaign to showcase the OPEC kingpin’s attempt to rebrand.