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    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Phone hacking
      Prince Harry takes on Fleet Street over phone hacking

      New round of lawsuits brings scandal back to fore and poses fresh financial risks for tabloid media groups

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      By meddling with justice, UK politicians are undermining it

      Both Conservatives in Westminster and the SNP at Holyrood are weakening our legal safeguards

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Phone hacking
      Prince Harry accused of ‘highly publicised smearing’ in phone hacking trial

      Lawyers for Mirror group say royal claimant and three others a ‘long way off’ proving publisher gathered information unlawfully

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Coronation day arrests transform the profile of UK republicans

      Police attempts to curb protests have unintentionally boosted anti-monarchy movement as young lose faith in institution

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      American mockery of Britain masks a deeper insecurity

      Laughing at us from across the Atlantic does not make problems at home go away

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Mirror Group PLC
      Mirror accused of ordering ‘unlawful activities’, High Court hears

      Piers Morgan knew of phone hacking while he was editor, court told in lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and others

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      Met ‘regrets’ arresting anti-monarchy protesters during coronation

      Police apologise hours after Sunak backed their security operation for Saturday’s procession

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      UK society
      Coronation Weekend’s ‘Big Help Out’ aims to kick-start volunteering sector

      Royal approval used to reverse drop in community participation since Covid-19 pandemic

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      ReviewMusic
      Coronation Concert — a cheesy display of undazzling star-wattage

      Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and three-fifths of Take That failed to upstage the newly crowned King and Queen

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      Coronation ceremonial gives way to communal celebration

      Thousands across Britain get together for street lunches after the formal crowning of King Charles on Saturday

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      UK society
      Coronation day arrests prompt fears for UK civil liberties

      Police arrested 52 people including republican protesters and council volunteers after warning against disruption

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      At the coronation, even the royals opt for a bit of ‘stealth wealth’

      The procession was full of British pomp — sans the tiaras and legendary jewels

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      LexUK equities
      UK equities: changing of the guard as new king takes over Premium content

      Today’s markets share strong similarities with those at the time of the late Queen’s coronation 70 years ago

    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      Coronation of Charles III: an irresistible spectacle

      Seven decades in the making, the ceremony at Westminster Abbey was a splendid and strange ritual

    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      World2 min
      King Charles III crowned at London's Westminster Abbey

      The king and Queen Camilla were at the centre of a day of ancient ceremony with modern touches and military spectacle

    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      Charles III crowned King on day of ancient ceremony

      Foreign leaders and royalty gathered at Westminster Abbey for the coronation amid heavy security

    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      Simon Schama: can Charles III’s coronation speak to modern Britain?

      After the ceremony, much will depend on what the King can do to restore a sense of shared national community

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      UK presses Beijing over Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang

      Foreign secretary discusses areas of ‘disagreement and co-operation’ with China’s vice-president at pre-coronation meeting

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      An ancient ceremony crowns a modernising King

      Charles III’s coronation is a renewal of an institution that has served Britain well

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      News in-depthKing Charles III
      King Charles’s coronation weekend: how will it unfold?

      A mix of pomp dating back centuries, religious ceremony and some modern innovations

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      King Charles III
      Ancient tradition in a plastic bottle: the oil chosen to anoint King Charles

      Russian orthodox monasteries on the Mount of Olives made the holy oil to be used in the coronation

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      UK business & economy
      UK retailers and pubs hope for boost from coronation of King Charles

      Forecast £1.4bn total spend this weekend welcomed by businesses hit by sluggish consumer demand

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      OutlookJude Webber
      The coronation highlights the changing legacy of British rule in Ireland

      Anti-monarchy sentiment appears to be fading on the island

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Upstream
      Royals on TV: all the pomp, less of the circumstance

      When it comes to the big events, there is apparently no such thing as too much coverage

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Linda Colley
      Britain needs more than a streamlined coronation

      An enduring but misplaced sense of exceptionalism is hobbling essential constitutional reform

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