Dennis Canavan says the monarchy is 'a complete anachronism in a modern 21st century democracy'

The monarchy has played the PR game for generations

The BBC has defended its coverage of the birth of the royal baby after viewers complained it was excessive and biased towards the Royal Family.

The BBC has defended its coverage of the royal baby after viewers complained there was too much of it and it was too unbalanced in favour of the Royal Family.

The new Belgian monarch is a former fighter pilot – and he will have a scrap on his hands trying to maintain the unity of this hybrid country

Raise the Tricolore for France's most important public holiday - 'La Fête Nationale' - when all things Gallic are celebrated with a day off work. Quel dommage that it falls on a Sunday...

David Cameron has protested to his Spanish counterpart after shots were fired at a jet-skier off Gibraltar.

A diplomatic row has broken out after Spanish police officers fired several times at a jet-ski rider off the coast of Gibraltar.

After 103 years, organisation changes oath to welcome 'all girls, of all faiths, and none'

With extraordinary timing the latest US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan, which is reported to have killed  a senior militant commander, comes just days before Nawaz Sharif is formally sworn in as the country’s new Prime Minister with a mandate to open peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.

This stylish history of a long, aristocratic line shows how the clan reflected the fortunes of a country

Andrew Buncombe joins Pakistan’s new PM at his country house where he hears about his headaches over electricity, building the economy, and tackling militancy

Both Christine Hamilton and her husband are being lined up to stand for Ukip

David Cameron said today he would not engage in insulting the UK Independence Party (Ukip) despite continued sniping from fellow Tory ministers.