King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in a ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history at Westminster Abbey in Britain’s first royal coronation since 1953. Summary King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in a ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history at Westminster Abbey in Britain’s first royal coronation since 1953. Crowned alongside Charles was his second wife, Queen Camilla, in a remarkable turn from the 1990s when her affair with the then-prince was tabloid fodder. As Charles’ …
Category: United Kingdom
A Divided Independence Movement Elects Left-Winger Humza Yousaf to be Scotland’s First Muslim Leader
The governing Scottish National Party elected Humza Yousaf as its next leader on Monday after a bitter leadership campaign that exposed the deep divisions within Scotland’s independence movement. Summary The governing Scottish National Party elected Humza …
Boris Johnson’s political future hangs in the balance. Summary Boris Johnson’s political future hangs in the balance. The former British prime minister was questioned for three hours on Wednesday by MPs investigating whether he misled Parliament. …
Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s third prime minister of 2022 after his leading rivals dropped out of the race. Summary Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s third prime minister of 2022 – and the first of Indian …
Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just 44 days in office, making her Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister ever and creating an opening for a Boris Johnson comeback. Summary Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just 44 …
For the second time in three months, Britain’s Conservative government is on the verge of collapse. Summary No, you don’t have déjà vu. For the second time in three months, Britain’s Conservative government is on the …
An unfunded tax cut plan. Market turmoil. Soaring interest rates. One finance minister fired, and another hired to reverse his own boss’s agenda. U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government is coming apart at the seams. Summary …