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Full Coverage: Prince William Visits New Zealand

Gordon Campbell: On The Monarchy, And Keith Locke’s Mechanism For Replacing It

Prince William in Wellington, New
ZealandFlexibility is an essential feature of the modern monarchy. How ironic that Prince William, as the Queen’s emissary, should be chosen to open the new Supreme Court in Wellington this morning, a building that embodies New Zealand’s decision to scrap the Privy Council in London as our final court of appeal...

The country’s transition towards republicanism may have a certain inevitability about it, but inertia has set in about how the final rites will be carried out. More>>

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Wellington.Scoop: The Prince, The Princess, And The Frogs

The six-year-old knows all about princes and princesses. But her experience of them is skewed towards the Disney versions. When we went to see “The Princess and the Frog” (charming, by the way) she enjoyed it but nothing surprised her. More>>

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