July 2023
Rio Tinto aims for ‘upper half’ of iron ore target
The division has performed better than last year and is aiming high, despite a train derailment curbing output.
- Peter Ker
December 2022
Harry and Meghan documentary trailer drops as racism scandal emerges
A racism scandal in the British royal household has reignited speculation around a Netflix documentary about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
- Helen Chandler-Wilde
September 2022
Coins featuring the Queen double in value as collectors ‘go berserk’
Melbourne coin dealer Sam Seigel got an intriguing phone call on Monday. A collector told him that Queen Elizabeth II was going to die any day, and that he wanted to purchase everything with her face on it.
- Gus McCubbing
The Queen’s royal tours of Australia remembered
The Queen maintained an extraordinary royal connection with Australia through numerous tours, starting with a 1954 visit that “stopped the nation”.
- Andrew Clark
- Analysis
- Royal family
What now for Australia and the monarchy
Queen Elizabeth was respected and adored. With her death comes questions about the British monarchy’s role as Australia’s head of state.
- Andrew Clark
Elizabethan era comes to an end, as Queen dies aged 96
The death of Queen Elizabeth II lays to rest an era of British history that she embodied, including the unwinding of an empire and the end of the age of deference.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June 2022
Meghan and Camilla show a touch of class
The contrast between the Duchess of Sussex and some of the more minor royals in their bubblegum pinks and tangerine oranges was stark.
- Melissa Twigg
March 2022
Escorted by Prince Andrew, Queen attends service
The Queen’s choice of escorts will be seen as a vote of support for Prince Andrew.
- Danica Kirka
February 2022
What happens if the Queen is incapacitated
A reading of the rules of royal succession reveal that if the Queen becomes incapacitated, Australia will be without a monarch, and Camilla will never be Queen of Australia.
- Anne Twomey
August 2021
Duchess Meghan celebrates 40th birthday with new women’s initiative
Meghan launched ’40x40′, her latest Archewell initiative aimed at pushing for people around the world to dedicate 40 minutes to support women’s return to the workforce.
- Cydney Henderson
April 2021
Charles and William to lead royal summit to decide future of monarchy
The death of Prince Philip has left the Royal family with the immediate question of how and whether to redistribute the hundreds of patronages he retained.
- Gordon Rayner
- Opinion
- Royal family
Charles in charge: Prince is now the Queen’s closest counsellor
For the first time in 70 years, the Queen does not have the Duke of Edinburgh to rely on for counsel. The responsibility now falls to Prince Charles, who despite a sometimes difficult relationship with his father, is ready for the job.
- Simon Heffer
Kate the key to Harry and William funeral detente
Princes William and Harry were seen together in public for the first time since the Duke of Sussex and his wife’s explosive tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey.
- Camilla Tominey
Queen cuts a lonely figure as Prince Philip laid to rest
The Duke of Edinburgh got the discreet and traditional funeral he wanted, where glimpses of his life and personality were offered obliquely not ostentatiously.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Royal Family’s grief bubbles up, but without the soap opera
Even in her sorrow, the Queen has skilfully read the public mood and kept the House of Windsor in order.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Prince Philip was part of the leanest, fittest generation
As with so many aspects of his life, consistency and discipline were key to the Duke’s diet and fitness regime, and never let him down.
- Guy Kelly
Who are the 30 guests likely to attend Prince Philip’s funeral?
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the funeral is to adhere to current COVID-19 guidelines that stipulate just 30 mourners are allowed to attend.
- Jessica Carpani and Victoria Ward
How Prince Philip came to be worshipped on a remote island in Vanuatu
The movement started around the 1960s, when Vanuatu was still a colonial outpost managed by Britain and France. A Prince Charles movement might be next.
- Antonia Noori Farzan
- Analysis
- Royal family
Princes William, Harry offer contrasting tributes to granddad Philip
The brothers offered a yin-yang approach to the Royal Family’s grief, one making a paean to service and duty, the other a more informal, personal encomium.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Queen says Prince’s death ‘has left a huge void’ in her life
In the monarch’s first reported comments on Prince Philip’s death, she was also said to have described her husband’s passing as a ‘miracle’.
- Victoria Ward