Brooke N. Newman

Dec 28, 2023 | theguardian.com | Maeve McClenaghan with |Desirée Baptiste |Brooke N. Newman |Maya Wolfe-Robinson

This week we are revisiting some of our favourite episodes. Today in Focus will return with new episodes on Tuesday 2 January 2024. While other reporters in the Guardian investigations team travelled the UK looking at horses, jewels and artworks to help uncover the royal family’s hidden wealth, David Conn looked much further back in time for his part in the Cost of the crown project.

May 8, 2023 | theguardian.com | Brooke N. Newman

On 13 March 2023, King Charles delivered his first Commonwealth Day message as monarch from the great pulpit at Westminster Abbey. Departing from the tradition of his predecessor, Queen Elizabeth, who typically pre-recorded her annual messages, Charles took the opportunity to deliver his address live and in person.

Apr 6, 2023 | theguardian.com | Brooke N. Newman

On 27 March 2007, nearly 450 years after Elizabeth I sponsored John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions to west Africa, Elizabeth II attended a service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the bicentenary of Britain’s abolition of the slave trade. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, delivered a sermon focused on slavery’s “hideously persistent” legacies.

Apr 6, 2023 | ukdailynewsonline.com | Brooke N. Newman

On 27 March 2007, nearly 450 years after Elizabeth I sponsored John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions to west Africa, Elizabeth II attended a service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the bicentenary of Britain’s abolition of the slave trade. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, delivered a sermon focused on slavery’s “hideously persistent” legacies.