Imperial lather

Support for the monarchy is not this sceptred isle's only narrative, insists Clive Bloom. From Thomas Paine to bolshie bunting-subverters, arguments for a Republic weave in and out of our national story

Published on
April 28, 2011
Last updated
November 23, 2022
Clive Bloom
Source: Getty
High treason: Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert while they were riding in a carriage on Constitution Hill on 10 June 1840

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