Monarchy Is Good
by Peter J. LeithartThe kingdom is good news because the King exerts authority by giving authority, by giving himself. Continue Reading »
God at the Coronation
by M. CiftciAt the heart of the coronation is a claim defiantly out of keeping with our time: that the continuing existence of the United Kingdom is a gift given by something above us and beyond our ability to control. Continue Reading »
Spare Us
by Tim StanleyEvery Briton seems to have reached a verdict on Prince Harry’s memoir, most without having read it. They should give it a go, because it has a lot to say about him, them, and the moral architecture of monarchy. Spare is a compelling psychological portrait of a man dragged up in a fantastical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Myth of Empress Elisabeth
by Veronica ClarkeCorsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer, is the latest film adaptation of Elisabeth's life. Continue Reading »
When Harry Met Meghan
by Liel LeibovitzI have a confession to make: I can’t get enough of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Give me another teary tell-all and I’m all in. Indulge me with a made-for-reality-TV special and I’ll fetch the popcorn. Just a hint of the pair excites me, because I firmly believe that the drama of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Queen Elizabeth, Servant of God
by Rowan WilliamsRoyal anointing is at its most important level a gift of the Holy Spirit—there is not doubt that this is exactly what Queen Elizabeth believed about her role. Continue Reading »
Why the World Loved Queen Elizabeth
by Phillip BlondAs a world queen of a Christian monarchy and the inheritor of a Christian empire, Queen Elizabeth II upheld and tried to serve the common good of the whole world. Continue Reading »
The Quiet Faith of Queen Elizabeth II
by Carl R. TruemanWe British are diminished by Queen Elizabeth II's passing. And the world is surely diminished, too, having lost one of its precious few heads of state worthy of respect. Continue Reading »
Magdalena of Austria
by Eduard HabsburgI recently learned that Blessed Emperor Karl is not the only Habsburg on the path to sainthood; we also have a sixteenth-century archduchess who is Venerable. Continue Reading »
Coronation and Communion
by Timothy JacobsonThe moral standards that enable a society to hold itself together—generosity, loyalty, justice, the dignity of the individual, the right to freedom—are themselves rooted in the sacred in every society. Continue Reading »
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