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Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen’s pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on November 15, 1979

Queen Elizabeth II kept in the dark about Soviet spy in her palace

A trove of intelligence files shed new light on an espionage ring linked to Cambridge University whose members spilled secrets to the Soviet Union.

  • Jill Lawless

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The emerald alliance: Catherine and Camilla present united front on Christmas day

The co-ordinated styling of the two most senior royal women on Christmas morning was a visual show of strength after a difficult year.

  • Stephen Doig
Sir Donald Bradman wrote letters late in life almost as prolifically as he’d made runs in his younger years.

Bradman letters revealed: What Don really thought about Packer, Warne, the Queen and fame

A trove of personal letters have been unearthed that reveal Sir Donald Bradman’s private views on a wide range of issues and people, from cricketers to monarchs and prime ministers.

  • Daniel Brettig

Bondi has had a colourful history, but this is why it’s never lost its appeal

It’s an unruly coastal circus and that’s why we love it.

  • Chris Baker
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Blank sails in the sunset

It’s enough to make you chuck it in.

Royal protests.

Thorpe’s cry of outrage at King echoes a long history of frustration

Aboriginal Australia has struggled for a very long time to have its voice heard by British monarchs. Now it is King Charles’ turn.

  • Tony Wright
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Bomb Squad take a bow

While Republicans bristle at getting the brush.

The most moving story about the Queen you’ve never heard but must see

Not only did Marion Crawford devote 17 years to the two princesses, but she sacrificed the possibility of having children of her own.

  • Peter FitzSimons
King Charles III will make his first visit to Australia as its crowned head of state.

Odds were on Charles appearing at The Everest, but it wasn’t a sure thing

On the whole, the tone was one of indifference. A modern, trackside republican debate argued through juiced-up nonchalance rather than strong feelings about the monarchy.

  • Emma Kemp
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during their Sydney visit in 1954.

Bigger than the Fab Four and Swift: The Queen who rocked Sydney

When the young Queen Elizabeth visited Australia in 1954, 75 per cent of Australians saw her. Can a visit by her 75-year-old son revive some excitement in royalty?

  • Julie Power

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