In earlier newspapers, the main content was about the Royal Family, every newspaper had something about the family, wether it was about coronations, events which they attended or just the wellbeing of the Queen. Everyone in those days was a Monarchist.
This newspaper article is from an old publication about when Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. As you can see the pictures are massively important as it is the pictures which the readers want to see.
This newspaper would have a several page article all about the day of the Queens coronation. Apart from the day of her coronation, the Queen is also featured in many of the earlier newspapers, mainly as a check up for the monarchists who want to read about the Royal Family.
Advancing further in time, modern newspapers are completely different. Nowadays you are lucky to find a piece of news about the Royal Family, apart from the currently expecting fiancee of Prince William, Kate Middleton. Instead of the royal family, all you hear about is the governments decisions on taxes or affairs about the EU, War or celebrities.
The content has changed to fit the interests of newspapers readers, so different newspapers have different content. For example broadsheets will be mainly about the economy, government and war. However tabloids will be about less important subjects like celebrities, sport and entertainment. Unless something happens to do with the royal family, nothing will be published about them. This explains that there is not a constant feed of news in the papers. This links to the culture of the UK as it means that there are less Monarchists than there were 30+ years ago.
Modern newspapers often publish stories about murder and death which was also published in earlier newspapers. However due to law changes, modern papers are somehow allowed to publish more personal and detailed accounts on events, which back then may have been seen as breaching personal laws.
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