Cost of the King Opening Parliament
The Monarchist League of Canada recently emailed out an itemized list of the expenses associated with the King's recent opening of Parliament;$870,000 for a ceremonial Royal Canadian Air Force flyover…
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Full Transcript of the King’s Speech to Congress
"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of Congress,representatives of the American people across all states,territories, cities and communities.I would like to take this opportunity to express my particulargratitude to you…
Things in Everyday Life With Surprising Royal Connections: English Actresses
Photo Credit: Peter C.G. Jackson Welcome back to the third article ina series looking at everyday thingswith surprising royal connections.We take it for granted these daysthat female roles in movies,…
Monarchist League of Canada Proposes Having the King Open Gordie Howe Bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is slated to open this year. However, Donald Trump, possibly bribed by the bridge's perennial opponents, the Moroun family, has cast doubt on the bridge…
Things in Everyday Life With Surprising Royal Connections: Prayer Hands
Welcome back to the second article in aseries looking at everyday things withsurprising royal connections. The last articlelooked at the influence the French monarchyhad on the development of modernstrawberries. This…
Things in Everyday Life With Surprising Royal Connections: Modern Strawberries
Photo Credit: Reinhold Möller To say that monarchs have had an effect on the practice of politics throughout history is fairly obvious. Less obvious are the effects monarchs have had…
2026 New Democratic Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
As has become my custom I have once again surveyed anotherbatch of leadership candidates running to lead a party. This time its the NDP. The last time they were surveyed…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Rob Ashton
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Tony McQuail
Source: Tony McQuail's campaign page The second NDP leadership candidate to get back to me is Tony McQuail. Tony is advocating for a merger between the NDP and the Green…
The King’s Architectural Vision Wins Out
A few days ago the BBC published an article on the British government's upcoming announcement of new towns to be built to alleviate Britain's housing crisis. A large proportion of…
Historical Influences in Gaming: Emperor of the Fading Suns
I've been meaning to do an articleon games that have a tendency tolead people to monarchism (whichwill end up being a list of ParadoxStudio games) but in the meantimeI wanted…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Yves Engler
Source: Yves Engler's Campaign Page The NDP leadership race is going to be a long one with it not set toconclude until 2026. Even so thereare two candidates alreadydeclared. As…
Overview of Pro-Monarchy Voices in Canada
Last month's opening of Parliament by the King was about sending a message. Well, sending a couple messages. It was about sending a message to Trump that Canada had a…
Happy Victoria Day & a Few Odds and Ends
Happy Victoria Day! The health of the Canadian Monarchy has had its ups and downs since this blog began. On this blog's 11th anniversary it is nice to see the…
Liberal Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Frank Baylis
I received a rather unexpected email the other day from former Liberal leadership candidate, Frank Baylis. He is apparently working his way through all of his campaign correspondence. While outside…
2025 Federal Election Leaves NDP with a Mixed Bag of Survivors
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…
Republicans Leaving Canadian Federal Politics (by choice or otherwise)
There is a federal election underway and I wanted to take a second to look at what this means for the monarchy. While the monarchy is not directly effected by…
Liberal Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This is the first leadership race for the Liberal Party of Canadasince I began carrying out these surveys in 2017. As I have detailed over the years, the Liberal Party…
American Threat Stirs New Interest in the Canadian Monarchy
The Monarchist League of Canada has sent out an email today with updates on its various initiatives. The updateon its social media campaign is worth examining:"We continue to attract queries,…
Meme Monday #14
All men think about the Roman Empire is a meme I've covered before. This comic takes things a bit further and implies all men have a particular empire they obsess…