Category - monarchy

Politicians challenged to support cuts to Civil List

staff writers — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:14:18 +0100

Politicians of all parties are coming under pressure to reduce the Civil List in the light of the recession. The Civil List, which consists of public money awarded to the royal family each year, currently stands at around £7.9million.

Outrage at news of increased funds for royal family

staff writers — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:22:45 +0100

There has been a shocked response to news that the royal family is seeking to negotiate an increase in the Civil List - the money they are granted each year from public funds - despite the public spending cuts that are likely due to the recession.

Campaigners call for costs of monarchy to be slashed

staff writers — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:09:58 +0100

Campaigners today called on the government to resist the Queen's demands for an increase in the Civil List and has said the costs of the monarchy must be slashed.

Succession debate points to disestablishment

Press Office — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:37:03 +0000

Commenting on Dr Evan Harris's Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown Bill (which would have ended the centuries-old ban on Catholics marrying the monarch and the rule of primogeniture, under

Bid to end Crown's discrimination against women and Catholics

staff writers — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:30:50 +0000

A Liberal Democrat MP today introduced a private members Bill in the House of Commons seeking to change the rules of succession to the throne, including giving women and Catholics equal rights.

New call on government to end ban on Catholic monarch

staff writers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:12:17 +0000

A Scottish Nationalist MSP has added further weight to appeals from both civic and religious groups for the UK government to end the long-standing ban on a Roman Catholic becoming king or queen.

Power to which people, exactly?

Simon Barrow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:29:03 +0100

Britain counts itself as a mature democracy. But what really guarantees freedom and fairness, asks Simon Barrow, and how does the church relate to the will of the people in wider society?

Lord Carey re-opens the disestablishment debate

staff writers — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:21:14 +0000

The former Archbishop of Canterbury believes the Church of England should be disestablished if the government opts for a fully-elected second chamber, claims a leading religion writer.

Taking the Posh Out of the Spice

Giles Fraser — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:25:47 +0000

How Jesus turns monarchy on its head

Queen Camilla? - BBC World Service 22nd March 2005

Press Office — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:15:30 +0000