October 2024
The real star of King Charles’ Australian tour? Those sunglasses
Known as an advocate for sustainable fashion, King Charles caused a style stir yesterday in Sydney with his on-trend specs.
Thorpe set to avoid censure over King Charles protest
King Charles and Queen Camilla delighted an estimated 10,000 supporters at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday, a day after a controversial protest at parliament.
Australia clings to British embrace with King Charles’ royal visit
A particular type of rhetorical syrup that “oozes over cracks” in the Australia-Britain relationship will be on full display.
King Charles and Queen Camilla prepare for official engagements
The King, who has been receiving treatment for cancer, is the first reigning monarch in more than a decade to visit Australia.
Royal tour revives Australian ties for King Charles
The King and Queen will spend five days in Australia, a country where the young Charles spent part of his formative years.
Republic movement seeks major reset from royal visit
Younger voters and multicultural communities are key to Australia becoming a republic, campaigners say, ahead of a tour by King Charles and Queen Camilla next week.
The King & me! Power players jockey for royal attention
Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys is manifesting a Randwick visit from the King this weekend.
September 2024
King Charles to spotlight climate change during Australian visit
King Charles, who has undergone cancer treatment, and Queen Camilla will visit Sydney and Canberra in October.
July 2024
King Charles, Queen Camilla to visit Australia in October
The royal couple will make the trip en route to a CHOGM summit in Samoa, but the King’s fragile health means it’ll be shorter than the epic visits of years gone by.
May 2024
King could learn from BHP
Readers’ letters on Resources Minister Madeleine King; extending the life of the Eraring power station; Peter Dutton’s response to the International Criminal Court’s pursuit of Benjamin Netanyahu; and fulltime work for the royal family in Australia.
February 2024
Harry to visit King after cancer diagnosis
The King will receive “regular treatment” and suspend his public engagements after he was diagnosed with cancer, the Palace said in a brief statement.
May 2023
Coronation pomp gives way to a royal concert for all
Charles and Camilla and other senior royals joined an audience of 20,000 members of the public and invited guests for the ‘Coronation Concert’ at Windsor Castle.
The best pictures from the coronation of King Charles
King Charles was crowned on a grey, rainy day as Britain entered a new royal era. These were some of the striking images from the day.
King Charles knows well that he reigns only by consent
The monarchy will seek to be useful, efficient and respected – and to subtly make its case in Australia
Anointing, golden coaches: What to expect at Charles’ coronation
The coronation is an attempt to strike a balance: traditional but not fusty, contemporary but not controversial. What will happen, and will it hit the right notes?
Despite everything, Charles and Camilla’s is a great love story
They’ve known each other for half a century, and they still adore and support each other in everything they do.
In eerily empty London, coronation spin is in full swing
The drumbeat of media announcements has stepped up, as the Royal Family tries to get Britons excited for the coronation this weekend.
January 2023
Sibling rivalry is a tale as old as time
For every Old Testament Cain that murders Abel, there is a Jacob who outwits a slow-witted, elder brother Esau to win his father’s inheritance.
September 2022
What we learnt during 10 days of royal mourning
We saw more of the secret sides of the Queen, we gleaned the royal family’s survival strategy, and we were deceived by slogans such as “united in grief”.
Why King Charles will succeed with Queen Camilla by his side
The new monarch’s critics are likely to stay silenced because when he married his wife he also acquired a business partner and brand manager for the firm.