Basotho men wearing the traditional blankets during the annual horse race held on the king’s birthday.
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Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
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Succession has long been the weak link in the system of hereditary monarchy. Perhaps it may be time for Australia to reconsider the place of the monarchy in our own political system.
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The monarch is the head of the Church of England but as Britain has become more diverse so has the approach to religion in jubilees.
The screen in Piccadilly Circus is lit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne.
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This year’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations will draw on traditions that have bolstered support for monarchs since the early 1800s — it could help this year’s celebrations succeed again.
A whites-only beach during apartheid in South Africa.
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Peddlers of dangerous ideas regarding the constitution should be reminded of what was done in the name of a legislative majority under apartheid.
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The move to a republic has been gathering pace for many years.
King Letsie III of Lesotho. Frustration with politicians has led to a rise in popularity of the monarchy in recent times.
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A monarch with absolute powers is just as dangerous as self-serving politicians in a democracy.
Family at war: King Abdullah II of Jordan and the country’s princes mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the kingdom.
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Despite often seismic political upheavals over the years, most Middle Eastern royal families have been able to weather the storms.
European fairytale: the uniting of the royal houses of Britain, Greece and Denmark in 1947.
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The marriage of the future British queen and her consort was part of an ancient tapestry of royal intermarriage in Europe.
By identifying the need to tackle systemic discrimination instead of colonialism, Trudeau is reinforcing an established idea in Canadian politics: that colonialism is history.
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Narratives that historicize colonialism are not new. Canadians and our leaders have a long history of denying our settler colonial present.
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The Australian Republic Movement wants to release a new model for an Australian head of state by the end of the year.
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Royal confessions disrupt the careful balance between transparency and secrecy on which the monarchy is based.
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New documents expose a chink in the queen’s armour of secrecy.
The Queen meets her representative in Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, at Windsor Castle.
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Barbados is avoiding a referendum on whether to remove the Queen as head of state – is that a good idea?
Moeketsi Majoro, Lesotho’s new Prime Minister. A minor constitutional amendment enabled his ascension to power.
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The fundamental structure of the current constitution, which is cast in classical Westminster conceptions, is unsuited for modern-day constitutionalism.
Marc Antony, left, offers Julius Caesar a crown; Caesar refuses.
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With much public discussion of President Donald Trump as, potentially, a king, a scholar of Roman history and rhetoric sees 2,000-year-old parallels.
Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane and his new wife, Maesaiah, at the Magistrate Court in Maseru.
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The doctrine of equality is ingrained both in theory and in the express provisions of Lesotho’s constitution.
Megan and Harry have said they will only engage with “credible” publications.
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In a statement on their website, Harry and Meghan have said they are ditching the royal rota. However, in doing so are they gaining more or less control over their story?
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It’s either in or out for a minor royal. A mix and match approach raises too many problems.
The Queen is patron to over 600 charities, as Prince Andrew steps away from his 200, the benefit of royal patronage is being called into question.
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Having a royal lend their name in patronage to a charity may have some benefits but it can also have its drawbacks.