The first coronation of the social-media era

by Rashmee

Posted on April 30, 2023


In 1953, recounts an American media outlet, television was in its infancy and a crowd …

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As 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) …

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Tumult in paradise? St. Kitts and Nevis, one of Britain’s ‘realms’, plans ahead

by Rashmee

Posted on October 29, 2022


Here’s a handy way to remember history if you’re thinking about St. Kitts and Nevis …

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Britain’s new Carolean age is beset by the unfinished business of history

by Rashmee

Posted on October 15, 2022 / Hindustan Times


The complications of King Charles III’s reign start with the name of this new era. …

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How 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 …

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America’s record on Haiti and Biden’s right to be at the Queen’s funeral – II

by Rashmee

Posted on September 18, 2022


US president Joe Biden is key to our discussion of the rightness or wrongness of …

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America’s record on Haiti: Should Biden be on that good-to-go list for Queen’s funeral?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 17, 2022


Shouldn’t Joe Biden be on the lengthening list of leaders that human rights champions want …

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In Britain, emotion runs high and pound falls to 37-year low

by Rashmee

Posted on September 16, 2022


Much of the British media is at the races, metaphorically speaking, as it excitedly, if …

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‘Off with their heads’: The queenly Liz Truss

by Rashmee

Posted on September 15, 2022


In the days after Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, the woman with aspirations to a steely …

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‘Royal Family’, the 1969 documentary you aren’t meant to see, has some real gems

by Rashmee

Posted on September 12, 2022


Royalist or not, you might want to watch ‘Royal Family’, a 53-year-old documentary …

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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