Americans have an enviably healthy attitude to Britain royalty
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2023
Is it the distance that comes with time – after all, America kicked the British …
Read MoreAs Britain’s King Charles III visits, Germany fondly recalls he’s “half German”
by Rashmee
Posted on March 29, 2023
“How German are the British royals?” Germany’s public broadcaster funded Deutsche Welle (DW) …
Read MorePrince Harry, the conversational gambit for Everyman’s dinner
by Rashmee
Posted on January 15, 2023
On Saturday night, we went to dinner with friends and talked about…Prince Harry. I didn’t …
Read MoreThe mad mad world of Megxit
by Rashmee
Posted on December 10, 2022
The gnashing of teeth can be heard all around ‘global Britain’ after the release of …
Read MoreHow and why Britain’s greatest inventions of royal ritual and pageantry came about
by Rashmee
Posted on September 21, 2022
Historian David Cannadine begins his chapter in ‘The Invention of Tradition’, the 1983 …
Read MoreBritain’s invented traditions include much royal ritual and Highland dress
by Rashmee
Posted on September 19, 2022
Nearly 40 years ago, a book titled ‘The Invention of Tradition’ took a …
Read MoreBritain routinely invents authentically antique-effect royal traditions
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2022
On September 12, Britain’s new king, Charles III, addressed parliament in London after listening to …
Read More‘There is no escape from history’ for Britain, its new king and the rest of us
by Rashmee
Posted on September 11, 2022
Despite the BBC’s obsequious abandonment of sense and sensibility as it bows low, curtseys deeply …
Read MoreThese facts and figures are royal treats…in a manner of speaking
by Rashmee
Posted on June 7, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II’s four-day Platinum Jubilee celebration is over, but the fun needn’t stop. Consider …
Read More‘It’s possible to admire the Queen without envying her’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 5, 2022
As the Platinum Jubilee holiday weekend in Britain draws to a close with the inevitable …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK