Monarchy

Queen Elizabeth, Servant of God

Royal 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 »

12 Sep 2022

Why the World Loved Queen Elizabeth

by Phillip Blond

As 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 »

9 Sep 2022

The Quiet Faith of Queen Elizabeth II

by Carl R. Trueman

We 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 »

8 Sep 2022

Magdalena of Austria

by Eduard Habsburg

I 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 »

9 Mar 2022

The 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 »

29 Nov 2021

The Strain on the British Monarchy

by Peter Hitchens

The monarch, stripped of all ancient direct power, is now remarkably like the king on a chessboard—almost incapable of offensive action, but preventing others from occupying a crucial square. Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2020