Royal crown slips as Queen Elizabeth gets set to mark her platinum jubilee

From sex abuse and racism claims to everything in between, what does the future hold for the British royal family?

25 January 2022 - 20:12 By Ben Makori and Michael Holden

Celebrations this year marking Queen Elizabeth’s seven-decade reign will mask a less happy reality for the world’s pre-eminent royal family: the British monarchy is being questioned in ways that were unthinkable for most of the past 70 years...

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