Abolish the rotten monarchy

<p>Another bad week for Prince Andrew.&nbsp;You could say the man hasn’t had a good week since 2011.&nbsp;Although, actually, he does live in a 30-bedroom mansion in Windsor and enjoyed a million quid a year from his mum.</p><br /><p>In this week's cover story Will Lloyd makes the case for <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/abolish-the-monarchy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">abolishing the monarchy</a>, and that the Windsors have always been more involved with British politics than we know. He speaks to Oli Dugmore in this episode.</p><br /><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>