Reforming the British royal family: how the House of Windsor can survive the 21st century
- Date & time
- –
- Speaker
- Andrew LownieVisiting Professor at the Ulster Literary Biography Research Centre, Senior Research Fellow in Modern British History at the University of Buckingham
- Location
- London School of Economics
- Organisation
- London School of Economics
Topics
About this talk
Andrew Lownie explores the challenges facing the British Royal Family today in the 2026 Maurice Fraser Annual Lecture. The scandals around the former Prince Andrew have raised wider questions about royal privilege and accountability. The Public Accounts Committee are looking into the Crown Estates and there are calls for greater parliamentary scrutiny not least of how the Royal Family are funded, the removal of the royal exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act, the opening of royal wills, a royal register and reform of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. Andrew Lownie, who has long argued for greater transparency about royal finances and archives, outlines how the monarchy could make itself fit for purpose for the 21st century and whether it will.
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