Politics

Polls show the young don’t fully trust Charles. What better way to solve it than by restating his environmental agenda in deed, not word?

Ukraine has learned lessons from the battlefield but Russia has not. The result is humiliating for Vladimir Putin

In dark times, it is genuinely heartening to see Europeans coming together. We have our differences, but we are, essentially, the same, writes one reader

What the US playwright can teach us about Britain’s falling currency and fading international reputation

He has the task of preserving a system that even he knows can no longer be justified

Grief is the long-lasting flame that keeps memories alive. As Queen Elizabeth herself said, “grief is the price we pay for love”

From the Kingdom of Denmark to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, how the other monarchies across Europe function

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Germany isn't a country of royalists, but we turned into a republic of Elizabethans

Comedian MITCH BENN on what advice Boris Johnson may have penned to Liz Truss as he left Downing Street

It’s time to formalise Britain’s “monarchic republic”

The EU has offered to scrap almost all border checks but the new PM may not be allowed to listen to logic

Is the Carlton Club, the Conservative citadel in St James’s, about to offer Sunak free membership?

Lord Pickles as chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, has reminded them of their obligations to disclose all commercial ventures they are invested in

His resignation had little to do with his private company's links to Russian business and more to do with the fact that his friend Boris Johnson was no longer party leader

The two differing personalities will likely make for an interesting relationship

Matt Hancock tells MANDRAKE not to count Kemi Badenoch out

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

An accident of timing gave me my name, and a lifelong interest in the royals

Amid the respect, there was some sorrow for what has been lost - not just the ruler, but her country

With vital help from a rebuilt team of advisers and her close family, she navigated the institution through the trickiest of times by showing real leadership acumen

There are better places to generate electricity than farmland, writes one reader

The man who oversaw the breakup of the Soviet Union was an apparatchik who wanted to keep the Communist Party in power, says former head of MI6

Fast food or multicultural icon? Take a slice of European history via the intriguing tale of the doner kebab

Keir Starmer's performance during this coming winter of discontent will decide whether he becomes prime minister in the future

Liz Truss looks set to follow in the footsteps of her predecessor and play to the crowd rather than take her responsibilities seriously

A certain group of Brexiteers have got everything they wanted - but they still yearn for the impossible

A willingness to adapt rather than stick with the ways of the past would be beneficial for the contemporary political environment

There are few things Germans have a closer bond to than the woods and now they're under threat. However, there is hope...

Since the inception of his new nickname, Joe Biden has racked up a few victories

How the war in Ukraine is affecting different countries across the continent