13 h. ago Grasping. Entitled. Sleazy. Ignorant. But Andrew's biggest problem was his inability to read the room and see how things looked to ordinary people, writes RICHARD KAY

Inside the Royal Family there were schisms, rows and stubborn silences, but no action. Last night - finally - there was.

Politics

45 h. ago The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsedThe royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to “modernise” the monarchy for the 20th century. It worked, but only up to a point. Her son Prince Andrew has long been its biggest liability, this week in trouble yet again due to his alleged behaviour within that ghoulish circle, the friends of Jeffrey Epstein.King Charles now has a decision to make as to how far he can allow his brother’s past behaviour to tarnish the family’s image. That image is the essence of royalty. Monarchy has no other authentication. The constitutional position of head of state in a democracy is subject to the will of parliament, but also to the “will” of the people. It was the latter will that forced the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 over marrying a divorcee...

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45 h. ago The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family brand. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsedThe royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to “modernise” the monarchy for the 20th century. It worked, but only up to a point. Her son Prince Andrew has long been its biggest liability, this week in trouble yet again due to his alleged behaviour within that ghoulish circle, the friends of Jeffrey Epstein.King Charles now has a decision to make as to how far he can allow his brother’s past behaviour to tarnish the family’s image. That image is the essence of royalty. Monarchy has no other authentication. The constitutional position of head of state in a democracy is subject to the will of parliament, but also to the “will” of the people. It was the latter will that forced the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 over marrying a divorcee...

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5 d. ago RICHARD KAY: Andrew's lies have put the monarchy in peril. Charles must now act... and this is why

Another day, another damning email - and Prince Andrew's reputation, such as it is, receives a further grievous blow.

Politics

1 week ago Functioning alcoholics hide in plain sight... so are YOU one? These are the six signs you might have a problem: DR MAX PEMBERTON

For a long time, I was no fan of Sober October, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON. But if people ask themselves these six questions, I'm all for it...

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2 w. ago ANNA TURLEY: 'Nigel Farage’s policies represent a serious threat to Britain’s future'

The Tories ducked the big decisions and Labour is now acting to support families and put more money in people's pockets, the Labour Party Chair Anna Turley writes

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few | Editorial

Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the futureIn The Making of the English Working Class, the leftwing historian EP Thompson made a point of challenging the condescension of history towards luddism, the original anti-tech movement. The early 19th-century croppers and weavers who rebelled against new technologies should not be written off as “blindly resisting machinery”, wrote Thompson in his classic history. They were opposing a laissez-faire logic that dismissed its disastrous impact on their lives.A distinction worth bearing in mind as Britain rolls out the red carpet for US big tech, thereby outsourcing a modern industrial revolution still in its infancy. Photographers, coders and writers, for example, would sympathise with the powerlessness felt by working people who saw customary protections swept away in a search for enhanced productivity and profit. Unlice...

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2 w. ago Would YOU pay £1.6 MILLION for this? Ordinary looking Modernist box home goes on market for eye

A seemingly average five bed end-of terrace home in north London has hit the market - but for a whopping seven figure sum.

Economics

3 w. ago From suicides to an assassination and drug overdoses... Why the true story of the Guinness clan makes the hit new Netflix drama look tame, writes RICHARD KAY

Meet the Guinnesses, whose head-turning presence (pictured) this week overshadowed the launch of the Netflix period piece about the brewing clan.

Events

3 w. ago Trump’s aid cuts bring fresh hate for those with HIV in Kenya: ‘It takes little to push people back’

The slashing of foreign aid and closure of HIV programmes earlier this year is continuing to impact people living with HIV, writes Nick Ferris in Nairobi, causing serious damage to long-term efforts to end stigma around HIV and its treatment

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3 w. ago RICHARD KAY: If Charles cuts Andrew off, I fear this is what the Duke of York will do next... and it would make Harry and Meghan's actions look tame

Friends of the King acknowledge Charles's Christian outlook and sense of fair play have taken a substantial knock as revelation after revelation of Epstein's crimes mount.

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: Trump hates jokers like Jimmy Kimmel because he knows punchlines hit harder than politics

History has long shown that despots will punish humour precisely because it is uncontrollable. But the return of the cancelled US talk show host shows the people will side with the comedian every time, writes stand-up Shaparak Khorsandi

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3 w. ago Trump’s absurd Tylenol claims heighten the suffering of pregnant women in the US | Moira Donegan

There is no evidence to support the president’s assertions about autism. But they exploit fears that already come with pregnancyRobert F Kennedy Jr continued his futile search for a single pharmaceutical cause of autism on Monday, when the Trump administration claimed that distorted recent studies and misstated scientific evidence to allege a link between women’s Tylenol use during pregnancy and the development of autism in children. Kennedy has long spoken with disturbing disgust about autistic people, claiming at one press conference that autistic children “destroy families” and “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date.” He had previously pledged to find the cause of autism by this month.As part of his apparent quest to eliminate this vast and varied group of people – who do, in fact, pay taxes, hold jobs, play baseball, write poems, go on dates, and function as beloved and caring membe...

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3 w. ago This new wedding trend makes my blood boil. I know the selfish reason  people do it

As soon as I got engaged last year, my phone seemed to know. My Instagram was suddenly littered with targeted adverts for wedding dresses.

Events

4 w. ago Like poor Victoria Beckham, I too suffer from the ‘liking gap’

What do Posh Spice, myself and many others have in common? We all think people like us less than they actually do, writes Charlotte Cripps

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