http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 18:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/20/bhutans-king-jigme-tells-parliament-he-is-to-marry/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/20/bhutans-king-jigme-tells-parliament-he-is-to-marry/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 18:04:19 +0000 John Elliott http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=12400 THIMPU: There will be another royal wedding later this year to rival the colour and pageantry of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton’s a marriage a few weeks ago. Bhutan’s 31 year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck this morning told his country’s parliament that he would be getting married “later this year”. Like Kate, his wife-to be, [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/20/bhutans-king-jigme-tells-parliament-he-is-to-marry/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/16/look-back-at-the-royal-revenge/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/16/look-back-at-the-royal-revenge/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:56:55 +0000 John Rentoul http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=12167 I have not gone on much about the royal snub to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown last month, but I wanted to quote (with permission) from an email I received from Gavin Turner. He says he is “less an admirer of Blair” than me, but he feels that “one’s personal views (or indeed the royal [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/16/look-back-at-the-royal-revenge/feed/ 12 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/01/blair-on-the-royal-family/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/01/blair-on-the-royal-family/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 16:49:05 +0000 John Rentoul http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=11709 I write about why Tony Blair and Gordon Brown might not have been invited to the royal wedding in The Independent on Sunday today. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/01/blair-on-the-royal-family/feed/ 36 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/30/getting-in-touch-with-my-inner-cromwell/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/30/getting-in-touch-with-my-inner-cromwell/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:53:55 +0000 John Rentoul http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=11705 The wedding was quite interesting, and I am all for street parties, but I thought the refusal to invite Tony Blair and Gordon Brown was a spiteful act by an institution that cannot forgive Blair for having rescued it after the death of Diana in 1997.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/30/getting-in-touch-with-my-inner-cromwell/feed/ 55 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/the-friday-playlist-monarchy-mix/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/the-friday-playlist-monarchy-mix/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:00:45 +0000 Larry Ryan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4152 This week's playlist is more mix than mixtape and it's compiled by the mysterious electro-pop duo Monarchy. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/the-friday-playlist-monarchy-mix/feed/ 0