A group of tourists got the true Agatha Christie experience when they were trapped on the grounds of the late British mystery <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books">writer’s</a> holiday home during a tour.
More than 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, Christie&#8217;s former home in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom">British</a> countryside after a tree fell during a storm and blocked the single-access road leading to it. All visitors were uninjured, but they couldn’t help but notice that their situation would have been the perfect premise for one of the author’s murder mysteries.
Visiting tourist Caroline Heaven contacted local news outlet Devon Live, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/over-100-people-trapped-for-several-hours-in-mystery-writer-agatha-christie-s-former-home/ar-AA1dUibo">CNN</a> reported, to alert them of the situation. This prompted Britain’s National Trust, the organization managing the historic property, to release a statement confirming that all “visitors, staff and volunteers still at Greenway [are] unable to leave,” and that the organization was “doing everything” to make their extended stay comfortable. 
Activities included drinking tea and playing lawn games with the staff, Heaven told the outlet. “They are doing a great job, they are giving us free teas and things. It’s a bit bleak,” she said.
Several social media users compared the situation to Christie’s famed novel “And Then There Were None.” The murder mystery focuses on ten strangers who visit a remote mansion off the Devon coast and start getting killed off one by one. 
One social media user shared a link to the article with a caption that said, “99, 98, 97, 96, 94 (grisly), 93.”
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Another person jokingly <a href="https://twitter.com/LegalValkyrie/status/1679900437527375883">advised</a> the stranded tourists to “implement a buddy system immediately.”
“If I am ever trapped in Agatha Christie’s house for several hours I am so walking around holding a tea cup and saucer asking people where they were and what they were doing, and shooting them suspicious looks as they answer,” a third person <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger/status/1680408522926727168?s=20">wrote</a>. 
All visitors were able to make it home safely once the road blockage was cleared. The author’s former home was then shut down temporarily because of storm damage. 
Christie is one of the most highly respected and best-known murder mystery authors. Her novel “And Then There Were None” is one of the top-selling books of all time, with approximately 100 million copies sold. She died in 1976.

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British Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-100-of-women-do-not-have-penises" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rishi Sunak</a> was reportedly caught on video mocking radical gender theory — and a political opponent who subscribed to it wholesale — at a recent event with the 1922 Committee, a group of conservative members of Parliament.
The video was released by LGBTQ+ outlet PinkNews — where it was reported that Sunak, the conservative party&#8217;s leader since the exit of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, made the comments on June 5th. The outlet — along with a number on Twitter — <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/18/rishi-sunak-mocks-trans-women-leaked-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Sunak was mocking trans-identifying women, although his comments appeared to directly and specifically address comments made by the leader of an opposition party.
WATCH:
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🚨🚨Prime minister of the UK 🇬🇧 Rishi Sunak gets caught making fun of trans people🫣
These are the same people that indoctrinate our children with trans garbage and throw it in our faces every single day &#8211; You can’t make this shit up👇 <a href="https://t.co/XNXdcxCl19">pic.twitter.com/XNXdcxCl19</a>
&mdash; Kevin &#8211; WE THE PEOPLE❤️ &#8211; DAD🦁 🐉 🔥 &#8211; (@bambkb) <a href="https://twitter.com/bambkb/status/1670550411974004739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In the video, which does not show Sunak&#8217;s face, the prime minister could be heard saying, &#8220;It shows his spectacular misjudgement and why he’s completely unfit to lead our country.&#8221;
While there was no context in the video to determine about whom Sunak was speaking, PinkNews surmised the barb was aimed at Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.
&#8220;Over the same period of time, you may have noticed Ed Davey has been very busy,&#8221; Sunak continued, referencing the Liberal Democrat party leader, who could be heard in a recent interview stating that it was &#8220;quite clear&#8221; that some women could have penises.
“Like me, you can probably see that he was trying to convince everybody that women clearly had penises,&#8221; Sunak said, prompting laughter as he added, &#8220;You’ll all know that I’m a big fan of everybody studying maths to 18, but it turns out that we need to focus on biology.&#8221;
Davey&#8217;s comments on the subject came from <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12114785/Lib-Dem-leader-Ed-Davey-says-woman-quite-clearly-penis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several weeks earlier</a>, when he responded to a voter who asked him to answer the question: &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-of-what-is-a-woman-heres-how-you-can-watch-for-free" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What is a woman?</a>&#8221;
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For yet another leader of a major political party to state that women can “quite clearly [have a penis]” shows just what people can really expect from the Lib Dems under Ed Davey.
Another stance that makes them indistinguishable from Labour under Starmer.<a href="https://t.co/l4S4iyp1GI">pic.twitter.com/l4S4iyp1GI</a>
&mdash; Ben Obese-Jecty (@BenObeseJecty) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenObeseJecty/status/1661261606079336448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The vast majority of people whose biological sex is a woman when they were birth (sic), they feel they&#8217;re women &#8230; but there&#8217;s this very small number of people who don&#8217;t feel like that,&#8221; Davey said.
Presenter Nick Ferrari interjected then, asking, &#8220;Can a woman have a penis?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, quite clearly,&#8221; Davey responded.

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A cigar that was once smoked by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/winston-churchill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winston Churchill</a> is set to be auctioned alongside a handwritten note and the jar it was once stored in. 
Churchill, the British prime minister who led the United Kingdom through most of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/world-war-ii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World War II</a>, gave the cigar as a memento in August 1944 to Hugh Stonehewer-Bird, the consul general in Rabat, Morocco. 
&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing what turns up in glass jars. This is an iconic piece of memorabilia connected to one of Britain&#8217;s most famous prime ministers and the Second World War,” <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/amp/cigar-smoked-by-sir-winston-churchill-nearly-80-years-ago-up-for-auction-12893350" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Charles Hanson, the owner of the auction house selling the unique item. &#8220;Churchill was renowned for his love of cigars and occasionally gave them as gifts to people who had helped him in any way.”
The cigar has been kept in the possession of the Stonehewer-Bird family for over 75 years and will be sold at an auction house in Derbyshire. The guide price is expected to be between $750 to $1120. 
&#8220;The original handwritten label provides the provenance collectors like,” Hanson said. &#8220;We hope this item will excel under the hammer.&#8221;
Churchill, one of Britain’s most honored political figures, was frequently photographed with cigars, and it was <a href="https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/a-gentleman-of-history-6006#:~:text=Churchill%20typically%20smoked%20between%20eight,often%20became%20mauled%20and%20frayed." target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> that he went through between eight to 10 cigars every day. He once defended his smoking habit after the king of Saudi Arabia informed him that he would not be allowed to drink or smoke around him.
“As I was the host at the luncheon I raised the matter at once, and said to the interpreter that if it was the religion of His Majesty to deprive himself of smoking and alcohol I must point out that my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them,” he wrote in his memoirs. 
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Cigars by the famed prime minister have done well at auctions before, with one selling for over $26,000 in March. That record-breaking cigar was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11922459/One-Sir-Winston-Churchills-cigars-sells-record-25-500-auction.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one that</a> Churchill had given to Chequers Trust auditor Leonard Herbert Norman in 1953. 
“The cigar box was circulated for the second time. I didn&#8217;t feel equal to smoking another,” he wrote in his memoirs. &#8216;But I did take one and hastily put it unseen (I think) into an inner pocket and still have it today.”
Last year, a box of Churchill’s cigars <a href="https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/winston-churchill-s-personal-cigars-sold-at-auction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sold</a> for nearly $20,000. The cigars, from Cuba, were labeled with his name and given to him by a New York businessman.

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The following is a transcript excerpt from Dr. Jordan Peterson’s conversation with Dr. Nigel Biggar on the ethics of colonialism, its relationship with slavery, and the role of empire. You can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/lcclcg">listen to</a> or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/kh">watch</a> the full podcast episode on DailyWire+.
Start time: 49:09
Jordan Peterson: You already laid out the opposition to your work that arose when you started to investigate the ethical pros and cons of colonialism, and you decided to undertake a moral assessment of the British Empire Project. You lay that out in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=colonialism+a+moral+reckoning&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw4NujBhC5ARIsAF4Iv6e6HWJ-Zdlndrm6kPJwqS8aODq932is2qCGnSOtp33gYqiCWZQwjKQaAmXXEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=646900191249&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9013184&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=3018720837546715793&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1670986658521&amp;hydadcr=7879_13471657&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_1zgj8s84wm_e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the introduction</a>. In chapter one, you start with motives, good and bad, and the question you put forward is: Was the imperial endeavor driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Well, that is the ultimate in postmodern questions, you might say, allied in that sense we discussed with the Marxists. Was the imperial endeavor driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Tell us what you concluded and why. 
Nigel Biggar: This phrase — the lust to dominate — is the one that Saint Augustine used in the early 400s to describe the Roman Empire. That’s why I used it. If you take your cue from Augustine, then that was the kind of essence of the Roman Empire. When I came to think about the history of the British Empire, that was in my mind, and it seemed to me, certainly as far as the British Empire goes, to be completely inadequate to describe it as driven by either the simple lust to dominate or greed. In fact, if you look at the variety of motives that moved Britons to travel all over the world and to take control of those territories, the reasons are various. 
I make a point here that no one woke up in London one day and thought to themselves, “Oh, let’s go and conquer the world.” It wasn’t like that. It was much more ad hoc in response to circumstance. I mean, there may be empires where someone wakes up in Berlin and decides to go conquer Eastern Europe, but it wasn’t always so. And there may be empires that are entirely about the lust to dominate. Maybe, you know, Genghis Khan and his Mongols were of that kind. But one needs to be careful — very careful, I think — not to import a kind of one-fits-all theory and to say, “Well, this was an empire, so this must have been like that.” And a lot of my critics, their reading of historical data is kind of preprogrammed by a theory as to what empire must be. 
But if you look at the history of the British Empire’s motives, an early and persistent motive was trade. The East India Company went out to India in the 1600s to trade and make money. Other people, at the same time, went westwards across the Atlantic and pitched up on the coast of North America. Why did they do that? Partly because they were there to harass Spanish shipping bringing gold back for the Americas to Spain. Why? Because Spain was the dominant empire and England was a Protestant country at the wrong end of power at that time, ironically. 
The beginnings of the English-British Empire in that case were actually anti-imperialist. Then people like Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh [were] keen to find gold in the Americas. And yes, they abuse the natives. But there, you’ve got trade, which I think is innocent. You’ve got actually a desire to defend yourself against overwhelming imperial power, which could be innocent. The lust for gold that leads you to abuse other people is not so innocent. Later on, in the 19th century, one reason the British ended up in West Africa and East Africa — one reason — was lobbying by humanitarians to suppress the trading in slaves, so there was a humanitarian reason. So the historical phenomena tell you there are a variety of motives here — some good, some bad.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/kh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: Separating Good from Evil in the British Empire with Dr. Nigel Biggar</a>
[The following section appeared a few minutes later in the discussion at 58:45.]
Jordan: My sense, historically — and you can correct me if you think I am wrong here — is that slavery is a ubiquitous feature of human societies. The conscious realization that slavery itself is intrinsically wrong — even in the case, let’s say, of prisoners of war or debt or debtors — emerged with great difficulty. And it manifested itself most profoundly in the U.K. — probably in the person of [William] Wilberforce and the Christian Protestant evangelists, who made a very strong case that slavery itself was intrinsically immoral. The consequence of that was eventually that the British Navy fought for about 175 years on the high seas to make slavery a counterproductive enterprise. 
One of the things that sort of terrifies me about the radical leftist enterprise is that they really risk throwing the baby out with the bathwater because whatever it was that impelled Wilberforce and then the entire U.K. to stand against slavery is the only thing we know of in the entire history of the world that actually did stand against slavery with any degree of success.
So what other cases do you think can be made that colonialism and slavery were not the same thing? And why do you think there is this insistence on the radical Left side to deny the very process that actually did free slaves insofar as they have become free in recent times? 
Nigel: So, Jordan, I think the identification of colonialism with slavery is similar to the 1619 Project in the United States, which identifies the foundations of the U.S. with “fundamentally racist” and, therefore, “fundamentally illegitimate.” I think what’s happened is that — probably through Black Lives Matter, the killing of George Floyd in 2020 Minneapolis — Black Lives Matter movement came across the Atlantic with no change of clothes, landed in Britain, and our equivalent is to say: Contemporary Britain is systemically racist, and the reason we are systemically racist is that we continue to revere our colonial past — let’s say, by having a statue to Cecil Rhodes — and as we all know, colonialism was essentially about slavery, which was based on a racist view of Africans as subhuman. So, colonialism equals slavery equals racism. And that’s the foundation of Britain. And that’s why we have to repudiate our colonial past. Pull down Cecil Rhodes, pull down Johnny Macdonald in Canada, and somehow, therefore, we liberate ourselves from systemic racism. That’s the logic behind the colonialism and slavery mantra. In this country, those two things are commonly talked about as if they were the same thing. 
My very simple point in that second chapter is to say, wait a moment — as you’ve just said, Jordan — yes, for 150 years some British people, by no means all, were involved in slave trading and profiting from slavery in the West Indies. But from 1807 onwards, first the slave trade then slavery itself were abolished by the British, and for the rest of the Empire’s existence for another 150 years, roughly, the British were involved in anti-slavery. So you cannot identify British colonialism with slavery because for the second half of its life, it was anti-slavery.
And yes, slavery, in one form or another — and some forms were more humane than others — has been around since virtually the dawn of time, practiced on every continent by black- and brown- and red-skinned and yellow-skinned people, as well as white-skinned people. The Comanche nation in the southwest of the U.S. ran what one historian has called a vast slave economy in the 1700s. The Arabs were involved in slavery. Africans were selling African slaves to the Romans and the Arabs before they ever sold to Europeans. So, we may be dismayed at the fact that so many Europeans and British people up until the late 1700s accepted this institution and the fact of slave trading. But we have to put it in context: Everyone did it, including slaves who escaped from the plantations of Jamaica into the forested interior. Some of them kept slaves of their own so common was the practice.
So, yes, what happened in the late 1700s was, for the first time in history, some nations — not just Britain, also Denmark and France — came to the view that owning other people as your property without them having any rights was morally abhorrent. And for the first time in history, these nations — eventually led by Britain — abolished the slave trade and slavery. Then Britain used its imperial power — its power — for humanitarian purposes to abolish slavery from Brazil, across the Atlantic, across Africa, India to Malaysia. So power can be a good thing, and in that case, it was used for humanitarian purposes.
To continue, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/lcclcg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listen</a> or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/kh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watch</a> this episode on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DailyWire+</a>.
<a href="https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a> is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard. He is the international bestselling author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules For Life, and Beyond Order. You can now<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> listen to</a> or<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/jordan-peterson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> watch</a> his popular lectures on DailyWire+.

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Colonialism, Slavery, And Separating Good From Evil In The British Empire

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King Charles III celebrated his highly-publicized coronation over the weekend and it was every bit as regal as advertised. The media provided non-stop coverage in the weeks leading up to the event, which was enough to have many American citizens wondering: but why do we care?
The United States of America fought a bloody war to free themselves from rule of the British crown. This fact inspires many critics to wonder why, exactly, we’re so obsessed with the British monarchy. There are several reasons for this, but Charles’ coronation highlighted one of the most prevalent. In short, Americans are desperately missing the pageantry of a formal ceremony.
Yes, the reigning monarch is a figurehead. And yes, Charles technically became king upon his mother, Queen Elizabeth II’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96" target="_blank" rel="noopener">death in September</a>. But there’s no denying the beauty of a solemn, symbolism-heavy ceremony that’s steeped in centuries of tradition. This is true regardless of anyone’s personal opinions about King Charles or his politics.
The king was crowned at Westminster Abbey, a visually stunning Gothic style church erected in the 11th century. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican church’s most senior cleric, led the religious ceremony. Charles was the 40th monarch to be crowned there, following a long line of previous rulers starting with William the Conqueror on Christmas Day in 1066.
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The royal family website described the coronation as a “solemn religious service” and a &#8220;ceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power.”
&#8220;The coronation will reflect the monarch&#8217;s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,&#8221; Buckingham Palace said in a statement earlier this year.
Since the late 14th century, coronations have followed the instructions laid out in the Liber Regalis or &#8220;royal book,&#8221; a medieval Latin manuscript that describes the order of service, per <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/king-charles-iii-coronation-plans/story?id=96848304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>.
In an increasingly secularized society, many Americans never experience these types of culturally significant moments during church services and other religious occasions. Ancient rituals are often replaced with more modern ceremonies that bear no connection to the past. Just a glance at the unadorned lines of modern architecture compared to the intricate details of Westminster Abbey clearly highlight these changes.
This is one reason an event like a coronation, even in a foreign nation, is so oddly appealing for someone who isn’t personally affected by the crowning of kings and queens in the slightest.
Numerous historical artifacts were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-to-know-ahead-of-king-charles-iiis-coronation-ceremony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incorporated</a> into the coronation ceremony, including King Edward’s Chair, which has been used in these types of ceremonies for 700 years. This artifact houses the Stone of Destiny, which was built around 1300 and used for centuries to crown Scottish kings.
Another special item used in the ceremony is a coronation cross which includes shards of wood from the cross that’s believed to have been used to crucify Jesus Christ.
The outfits worn by the royal family were all befitting of the important occasion. The monarch arrived at the ceremony dressed in the crimson velvet Robe of State, which was also worn by his grandfather King George VI at his 1937 coronation, per <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/florals-hats-robes-colours-tradition-king-charles-coronation-2023-05-06/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
King Charles changed into ceremonial regalia worn before being crowned, slipping on the gold-silk full-length Supertunica coat and Coronation Sword Belt, and over that, the gold cloth Imperial Mantle, which was originally made for the coronation of George IV in 1821. This was the oldest vestment included in the service. Charles was crowned with the historic St. Edward&#8217;s Crown that has been used since the coronation of King Charles II in 1661.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine, also wore formal robes and mantels over their outfits. Kate wore a visually stunning headpiece made of silver and crystal leaves. 
Charles was the longest-serving heir apparent in history, waiting over 70 years to be crowned king. Now he is reigning monarch but all eyes were on his oldest son, Prince William, who has become a favorite in the United Kingdom along with his wife Kate Middleton and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
George, who is 9, served as a page for his grandfather during the ceremony. This made him the youngest future king to play an official role in a crowning ceremony. King Charles and George’s great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth both attended their parents&#8217; coronations in 1953 and 1937 when they were children, but were only invited to watch the service and didn’t participate.
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It’s true that King Charles is more progressive than his mother Queen Elizabeth, with a specific emphasis on environmentalism and climate activism. But for all his ideologies, Charles is still firmly rooted in tradition.
Prince William mentioned this during his speech at the coronation concert on Sunday.
“As my grandmother said, when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future, and I know she’s up there fondly keeping an eye on us, and she’d be a very proud mother,” the Prince of Wales said.
“My father’s first words, on entering Westminster Abbey yesterday, were a pledge of service,” he continued.
“It was a pledge to continue to serve, because for over 50 years, in every corner of the UK, across the Commonwealth, and around the world, he has dedicated himself to serve others, both current and future generations, and those whose memory must not be neglected,” William said.
As an increasingly noisy faction of Americans seek to tear down institutions and subvert tradition at every turn, seeing the beauty and tradition of King Charles’ coronation reminds them of why human beings are naturally drawn to beauty, truth, and tradition.

Their Majesties King Charles III And Queen Camilla – Coronation Day

There’s A Good Reason Americans Loved Watching King Charles’ Coronation

There's A Good Reason Americans Loved Watching King Charles' Coronation

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Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young crushed their rebel brands by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-springsteen-fans-furious-as-concert-tickets-explode-under-greedy-pricing-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bleeding ticket holders dry</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-responds-to-neil-young-sings-his-music-im-a-huge-neil-young-fan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abandoning free speech</a>, respectively.
Not John Cleese.
The 83-year-old comic is as funny, and feisty as ever, skewering uptight scolds and defending his work against the woke revolution. Few voices are as strong, and unrelenting against cancel culture.
He’s older and grayer, but his wit and wisdom appear untouched by time (and the pressure to conform to modern mores).
Fans may know him best for his decades of work in Monty Python, but his comedy career began early and stretches from iconic movies (“A Fish Called Wanda”) to legendary sitcoms (“Fawlty Towers”).
His comedy career kicked off Clifton College where he was studying law at the time. He later joined Cambridge University’s Footlights Club comedy troupe before snagging a writing gig for BBC radio mere days before his planned law career began. 
Wise move.
His college days had one other benefit. He met future Python colleague Graham Chapman at Cambridge University.
Cleese stayed busy post-graduation, penning material for British superstars like David Frost and Peter Sellers.
He eventually joined Chapman and cutups Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam to form Monty Python, an anarchic group of comics willing to try almost anything to make audiences howl. The TV troupe’s “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” debuted on October 5, 1969, on the BBC.
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The show, smart and silly in outrageous doses, later reached American viewers via PBS stations, furthering the group’s global reach. Skits like the “Ministry of Silly Walks” to the iconic “Dead Parrot” captured the show’s manic, unpredictable glee.
The show lasted four seasons (three with Cleese), but the British star’s career was far from over. He eventually created “Fawlty Towers,” a hilarious sitcom featuring Cleese as a frazzled innkeeper.
The series lasted just 12 episodes (six in 1975, another six in 1979), but it became a comic institution.
He returned over and again to his Python mates, their work graduating to the big screen with impressive results. Their cinematic debut, 1975’s “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” stands as their masterwork, but subsequent projects like “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/monty-python-clip-mocking-trans-ideology-goes-viral-40-years-ahead-of-their-time">Life of Brian</a>” (1979) and “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life” (1983) have their moments, too.
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The big screen suited Cleese, who worked frequently in comic projects over the past few decades, even those that didn’t warrant his gifts (2019’s “Arctic Dogs,” anyone?). His notable films include 1981’s “Time Bandits,” 1985’s “Silverado” and appearances in the first two “Harry Potter” films as Nearly Headless Nick, a comical ghost.
For many, his finest film remains 1988’s “A Fish Called Wanda.” Cleese wrote the screenplay over an <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/the-oral-history-of-a-fish-called-wanda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">extended period to get the characters and story just right</a>. The comedy stars Cleese as Archie Leach (Cary Grant’s real name), a barrister who falls for a jewel thief (Jamie Lee Curtis) intertwined with two double-crossing lovers. Python alum Palin joined the fray as the stammering Ken, the kindest-hearted member of the quartet.
Co-star Kevin Kline earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing the wily Otto, but the quartet reunited with diminished results for 1997’s “Fierce Creatures.”
Cleese has no intentions of slowing down in his ’80s, working steadily as a character actor and voice artist. His robust <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDB.com page</a> boasts nine new projects on the way.
His biggest late-career role, though, pays nothing and engenders plenty of outrage. He’s the voice of reason in an unreasonable age, defending comedy and free speech with humor and a heavy heart.
It’s a fight that shouldn’t have to be waged.
Still, few artists have spoken out against the woke overreach as passionately as Cleese. Long before Joe Rogan blazed a free speech path, Cleese stood tall in defense of humor. It’s just jokes, Cleese cries, understanding the ramifications of comics who can’t say what they think.
He told Bill Maher in 2015 why political incorrectness, the pre-cursor to the more insidious “woke,” is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCj6YNIpqmA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“so awful.”</a>
“It starts out as a halfway decent idea, and then it goes completely wrong … if you make jokes about people who are going to kill you, there is a tendency to hold back a little.”
Cleese wouldn’t let the issue go, saying in 2016 he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/02/john-cleese-will-avoid-colleges-he-says-theyre-too-politically-correct-for-comedy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">avoids college campuses</a> due to their suffocating political correctness.
In 2020, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-john-cleese/cancel-culture-takes-the-fun-out-of-life-says-comedian-john-cleese-idUSKCN24M2QV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he savaged the BBC</a> for briefly removing a “Fawlty Towers” episode mocking Germans.
“Everything humorous is critical. If you have someone who is perfectly kind and intelligent and flexible and who always behaves appropriately, they’re not funny. Funniness is about people who don’t do that, like Trump.”
He even spoke out against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/monty-python-alum-goes-viral-after-tweeting-about-unfair-advantage-biological-men-have-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans female athletes competing against biological women</a> in competitive sports, a stance guaranteed to enrage the modern Left.
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Now, he’s using his free speech brand to power new projects.
Last year, he announced <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/10/monty-python-john-cleese-joins-gb-news-free-speech-show-1235139683/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he’s teaming with GB News</a>, a Right-leaning English platform, to create a show about free speech alongside Andrew Doyle, a fellow free speech warrior and the mind behind Titania McGrath, Twitter’s faux social justice warrior. He also plans to reboot “Fawlty Towers,” a project likely to embrace his ability to tell jokes on his terms without censorship or a net.
Cleese is no conservative. He loathes President Trump and has lashed out against the American South over the years.
He believes in comedy and the very Western notion that free speech matters. That makes him a rebel in 2023 and a man who hasn’t lost his principles over 50+ years in the comedy trenches.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

John Cleese With Monty Python And The Holy Grail at The Santander Performing Arts Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Photo by Natalie Kolb 1/15/2017

He’s No Conservative, But John Cleese Is A Passionate Defender Of Free Speech

He's No Conservative, But John Cleese Is A Passionate Defender Of Free Speech

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Meghan Markle’s father Thomas, half-sister Samantha, and half-brother Thomas Jr. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/meghan-markles-estranged-family-speaks-out-biggest-bombshells-tell-all-interview?intcmp=tw_fnc">slammed her</a> during a tell-all interview with the Australian news outlet 7News Spotlight.
Thomas Sr. claimed he and his daughter have not spoken in four years; Samantha declared that the relationship between Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry is “toxic,” and Thomas Jr. accused Meghan of lying when she said she grew up as an “only child.”
A serious rift was allegedly created in 2018 when Thomas Markle Sr. reportedly staged paparazzi photos for money prior to his daughter’s royal wedding. He later suffered a stroke in 2018. “If she doesn&#8217;t turn up for a stroke, if that doesn&#8217;t move her, what would?” Thomas Markle Sr. said in the interview.
Samantha Markle said of her half-sister and her husband that they are “very unhealthy for each other. It&#8217;s a toxic relationship.”
Thomas Markle Jr. discussed Meghan’s claim during her famous interview with Oprah Winfrey in which she said, “I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows. I wished I had siblings. I would&#8217;ve loved to have had siblings. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m so excited to be pregnant so that Archie has someone.&#8221;
Asked if he was disappointed in his half-sister’s claim, Thomas Jr. replied, “No, I just made a little mark on my board and said, ‘Oh, there’s another lie.’”
“What she told the royal family, what she told Harry, wouldn&#8217;t have jived, wouldn&#8217;t have been consistent with the truth,&#8221; Samantha said. “It doesn&#8217;t seem like she felt that she was good enough. That seemingly in her mind she had to inflate who she was to garner false admiration and to be accepted by the royals instead of saying, ‘Look, I’ve worked very hard. My family was upper middle class. He put me through the best schools. He did the best he could. He loved me. He sacrificed and for that I&#8217;m grateful.’
“Instead, what she did was engage in self-glorification and leave everybody else out of the equation as if she existed in a vacuum,” Samantha declared. “In my opinion, she would still be a waitress if it wasn&#8217;t for Dad.”
Samantha said she did not expect any rapprochement with her half-sister to occur, saying, “I don&#8217;t think she would do it without a motive. I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s capable of empathy, remorse or shame. I don&#8217;t think she could feel enough to apologize.”

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A British-developed COVID vaccine caused the death of a government psychologist in his 30s, a coroner&#8217;s court in London ruled.
Dr. Stephen Wright, 32, developed a blood clot in his brain after getting his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine in January 2021. Wright worked in southeast London as a clinical psychologist for the National Health Service (NHS) when he received the company&#8217;s jab, which was widely distributed around the world but not used in the U.S.
The inquest at London Inner South Coroner&#8217;s Court <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that Wright&#8217;s death was due to &#8220;unintended complications&#8221; of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the AstraZeneca vaccine used a more traditional adenovirus technology rather than mRNA technology.
Senior coroner Andrew Harris told the court that &#8220;Dr. Wright was a fit and healthy man who had the AstraZeneca vaccine on January 16, 2021, awoke with a headache on January 25 and later developed left arm numbness.&#8221;
&#8220;It is very important to record as fact that it is the AstraZeneca vaccine – but that is different from blaming AstraZeneca,&#8221; Harris told the court.
Harris called Wright&#8217;s case &#8220;very unusual and deeply tragic.&#8221;
The inquest heard that Wright developed &#8220;vaccine-induced thrombosis&#8221; as well as a brainstem infarction and bleed on the brain.
He quickly deteriorated, and he was deemed unfit for surgery due to the nature of the bleed.
&#8220;He attended an A&amp;E [accident and emergency] department just after midnight where was found to have high blood pressure and a sagittal sinus thrombosis,&#8221; Harris <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11990195/Psychologist-32-died-complications-AstraZeneca-Covid-vaccine-inquest-rules.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;He was transferred to King&#8217;s College Hospital at 6:39 a.m. but, due to the extent of the bleed and very low platelets, was unfit for surgery.&#8221;
One thrombosis expert <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/health/doctor-death-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the blood-clotting syndrome occurs in about one in 50,000 people under 40 and one in 100,000 over 40. However, one <a href="https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/study-sheds-more-light-on-rate-of-rare-blood-clots-after-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> found blood clotting events to be more frequent — 11 blood clotting events per 100,000 vaccinations in a group of 280,000 people.
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Wright&#8217;s widow Charlotte was working to get the words &#8220;natural causes&#8221; changed on her husband&#8217;s death certificate.
She and dozens of others are <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pursuing</a> litigation against AstraZeneca.
&#8220;It was made clear that Stephen was [previously] fit and healthy and that his death was by vaccination of AstraZeneca,&#8221; Charlotte Wright said after the inquest. &#8220;For us, it allows us to be able to continue our litigation against AstraZeneca. This is the written proof.&#8221;
&#8220;Even with people in my life, there were questions and queries about whether I was actually telling the truth so, two years later, I can finally say it is the truth,&#8221; she told the BBC.
Wright and her husband had two boys together who are now nine and three. She was on maternity leave when her husband died and used food banks to support her sons before she received £120,000, or about $149,160, from the U.K. government&#8217;s Vaccine Damage Payment <a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/vaccine-damage-payment-scheme-vdps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a>.
&#8220;I find it very comforting that I have two boys that remind me of him every day. I&#8217;m just very thankful that I got to marry such a great man and raise our boys in his honor,&#8221; she said.
AstraZeneca responded to the coroner&#8217;s court ruling by saying that &#8220;the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects.&#8221;
&#8220;We are very saddened by Stephen Wright&#8217;s death and extend our deepest sympathies to his family for their loss. Patient safety is our highest priority and regulatory authorities have clear and stringent standards to ensure the safe use of all medicines, including vaccines,&#8221; an AstraZeneca spokesman <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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Coroner’s Court Rules COVID Vaccine ‘Complications’ Caused Death Of Young Psychologist

Coroner's Court Rules COVID Vaccine 'Complications' Caused Death Of Young Psychologist

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The English king who was limned as one of the most villainous personages in all of history is getting another look after a 17th-century history was found.
Richard III, killed at the Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire in August 1485, was memorialized by Shakespeare as a monster who had his two young nephews murdered in order to cement his claim to the throne.
But Richard III Society members obtained a republication of The History of King Richard III by Sir George Buck, and the text, approved by the esteemed Society of Antiquaries, states that Buck found “contemporary evidence” adding, “And Richard was accounted a good and faithful man all his life. And was reputed a virtuous prince and wise. And his law and government were of the best and without stain,” <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/republication-of-richard-iii-text-challenges-the-shakespearean-myth-jlvf55b0z">The Times</a> reported.
“It’s a really important text. The Society of Antiquaries guards its reputation fiercely. For them to give it their thumbs-up is huge,” historian Philippa Langley, who supervised the finding of the king’s body in 2012, told The Times.
Buck wrote his history in the early 1600s, but his death preceded its publication. His great nephew edited the piece “heavily” while hiding “its true contents” before publishing it, The Times noted.
Academic Arthur Kincaid published his recreation of Buck’s text in 1979, but it fell out of print. The discovery of Richard’s body prompted calls for its republication.
Richard III was the last ruler of the House of York; he was succeeded by Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch and the ancestor of Queen Elizabeth I, who was queen during Shakespeare’s lifetime.
Novelist Josephine Tey’s classic work, “The Daughter of Time,” considered one of the greatest and most compelling mysteries ever written and voted number one in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_100_Crime_Novels_of_All_Time">The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time</a> list compiled by the British Crime Writers’ Association in 1990, deals with Scotland detective Alan Grant conducting a painstaking search of the past to ascertain exactly what the truth was about the life of Richard III.
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In the novel, Tey references various historical myths in addition to the story of Richard III to illustrate the fact that the truth of events is often perverted, leaving behind a false picture of actual history. She cites the false claim that troops fired on the public at the 1910 Tonypandy Riot; the often mis-told story of the Boston Massacre, and the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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A British woman who falsely accused multiple men of rape and claimed to have been a victim of an Asian grooming gang was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11857499/Asian-grooming-gang-fantasist-jailed-eight-half-years.html?ico=related-replace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> this week to eight and a half years in prison.
Eleanor Williams, 22, was convicted in January of perverting the course of justice after her claims of victimhood and the pictures she posted to Facebook allegedly showing injuries caused by the grooming gang were proven false, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11854355/Three-men-tried-lives-false-rape-allegations-woman-court-hears.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Williams had previously made false allegations of rape before posting photos of her alleged injuries in May 2020, during the COVID lockdown.
The photos sparked outrage and led to protests in her hometown of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, in England.
During her two-day sentencing hearing, her victims described what life was like after Williams’ false accusations. One of her victims said his life became “hell on earth” after Williams made her allegations.
“I still bear the scars to this day,” the victim, a business owner, said through tears as he admitted to trying to take his own life after he was falsely accused.
The victim added that his property had been damaged and his businesses had been “ruined,” following the allegations.
“I have had countless death threats made over social media from people all over the world because of what they thought I was involved in,” he said.
Williams claimed that the man had groomed her since she was 12 years old and sent her to brothels in Amsterdam, where she was sold at auction. But bank records showed the man was in Barrow-in-Furness while Williams was in Amsterdam. Williams was also shown evidence that she was actually with her sister and her sister’s boyfriend the entire time she was in Amsterdam, casting further doubt on her claims.
Another victim told the court that the word “rapist” had been spray painted on his house and that his window was smashed after Williams’ allegations. That victim was arrested and spent 73 days in prison based on Williams’ false accusation. He also tried to kill himself.
A third man also said he tried to kill himself after Williams accused him of rape.
“This whole period in my life has been totally overwhelming,” he said.
The photos of Williams with bruises on her face and her eye swollen shut were alleged to have been self-inflicted with a hammer, Superintendent Matthew Pearman said in a statement, according to the Daily Mail. Williams had claimed she received the injuries after being taken to a home and raped by members of the grooming gang. Investigators, however, found a hammer in her own home with her blood on it.
She was also accused of sending Facebook messages to herself disguised as sex traffickers or other victims, and allegedly manipulated real people into sending her messages that she then claimed were from her attackers.
Prosecutors at trial said some of the men she accused were real, but others didn’t even exist.
Williams maintained her innocence throughout her trial, with her attorney Louise Blackwell saying she “continues in her allegations against the various people in pretty much the same circumstances.”

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Three Men Tried To Kill Themselves After A Woman Falsely Accused Them Of Rape. She Was Just Sent To Prison.

Three Men Tried To Kill Themselves After She Falsely Accused Them Of Rape. She Was Just Sent To Prison.

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Michael Peterson, better known by his fighting name Charles Bronson and Britain’s most notorious prisoner, is up for parole.
A parole board is currently deciding whether Bronson, who changed his name to Charles Salvador in 2014, should be released after spending nearly 50 years behind bars. He is currently serving a life sentence after numerous bouts with prisoners and prison guards while serving time on a robbery charge from 1988.
During his parole hearing, Bronson routinely swore and sighed loudly, the Independent <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/charles-bronson-parole-mailing-list-letters-b2295055.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He was given 15 minutes to make an opening statement and began by saying, “I could fill 15 hours.”
“First of all, it’s no secret I have had more porridge than Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and I’m sick of it. I’ve had enough of it, I want to go home,” Bronson said.
He added that half of the 738-page dossier on his actions was “crap, absolute rubbish,” arguing that he was “almost an angel now,” compared to how he had previously acted.
“I have not walked on grass for over 30 years and I dream of walking on grass,” he added.
But Bronson also said he was “born to have a rumble” and disparaged a prison governor whom he had attacked and left with post-traumatic stress disorder. Bronson called the man “an a**hole,” saying he would “die an a**hole.”
The chairman of the Parole Board panel argued that Bronson had spent almost the entirety of the past five decades behind bars, except for two brief periods where he was released and quickly committed new crimes.
Born in 1952, Bronson began a life of petty crime at a young age, with juvenile court reprimands for stealing. He served time for smashing parked cars after having an argument with his then-girlfriend’s father, and a suspended sentence for a smash-and-grab raid at age 19.
His first major offense occurred in 1974 when he was convicted of armed robbery at the age of 22 and sentenced to seven years in prison.
While in prison, he attacked prisoners and guards alike, took hostages, and attempted to escape. Though he has never killed anyone, he attempted to kill multiple prisoners, including child rapist and murderer John White.
Bronson changed his name to Charles Bronson in 1987 during one of his prison releases, when he began a short-lived stint as a bare-knuckle boxer. Bronson would return to prison shortly, however, after robbing a jewelry store.
In prison, Bronson became depressed, and used art therapy as a way to cope, eventually changing his name to Charles Salvador in tribute to Salvador Dali. His paintings have been sold and earned him awards, and the Charles Salvador Art Foundation promotes his work and encourages those less fortunate to create art.
He has also written books about his experience as a prisoner and exercising in small spaces.
It is unclear whether he will be granted parole.

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Britain’s Most Notorious Prisoner, ‘Charles Bronson,’ Is Up For Parole

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Air New Zealand decked Great Britain’s Prince Harry after seeing a claim he made about them in his book “Spare” that they said was demonstrably false.
In the book, Harry claims that his wife, Meghan Markle, bought a first-class ticket on the airline from Mexico to Great Britain for her father Thomas because she was concerned about media harassment.
“We told him, leave Mexico right now: A whole new level of harassment is about to rain down on you, so come to Britain,” Harry, the Duke of Sussex, wrote in the book <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/air-new-zealand-takes-sussexclass-dig-at-prince-harry-meghan-3688205" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NDTV. “Air New Zealand, first class, booked and paid for by Meg.&#8221;
But Air New Zealand said that it had never operated a flight between Mexico and Great Britain and offers Business Premier service rather than first class. &#8220;We&#8217;ve never had flights between Mexico and the UK. And we only have Business Premier,&#8221; a spokesman told the New Zealand Herald.
The airline then tweaked Harry and his wife, tweeting, “Introducing #SussexClass. Apparently coming soon.”
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Introducing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SussexClass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SussexClass</a> 👑 Apparently coming soon 👀
&mdash; Air New Zealand ✈️ (@FlyAirNZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyAirNZ/status/1613640629975912448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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British commentator Piers Morgan has <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/what-disingenuous-tripe-piers-morgan-unloads-on-prince-harry-in-scathing-book-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped Harry</a> for the alleged lies he has promoted in the controversial memoir.
“As I have said many times, and reiterate now, Harry and Meghan must be stripped of all their remaining titles immediately. And they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the coronation in May,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;They’ve made their treacherous bed, and they can lie in it, just as they lie about everything else.”
Whoever serves as the head of the British monarchy also serves as the sovereign and head of state in New Zealand, which is part of the Commonwealth of Nations, now headed by Great Britain’s King Charles. New Zealand’s status as part of the British Empire was established in 1840 in the Treaty of Waitangi between Queen Victoria and the native Maori chiefs.
The Commonwealth of Nations, formerly the British Commonwealth of Nations, includes 56 independent and equal countries. There are no mutual legal obligations; they are connected through their use of the English language and historical ties. Gabon and Togo are the most recent countries to join the group, in 2022.
Much of how the Commonwealth works was established during a conference in the early 20th century. &#8220;At the 1926 conference, Britain and the Dominions agreed that they were all equal members of a community within the British Empire. They all owed allegiance to the British king or queen, but the United Kingdom did not rule over them. This community was called the British Commonwealth of Nations or just the Commonwealth,&#8221; the Commonwealth of Nations website <a href="https://thecommonwealth.org/history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explains</a>.

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