It’s no secret I support the constitutional monarchy for Australia, but I won’t repeat the arguments here. This post is to welcome reforms to the laws of succession proposed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mr Brown has suggested equal opportunities for women heirs and Catholics. I’m ambivalent about the first issue, but strongly believe [...]
Charles’ heir record
Prince Charles has set a new record as the longest heir in waiting for a world monarchy, notching up a record 59 years and 74 days in his wait to be King of Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Charles has surpassed the previous record set by Edward VII when he finally succeeded Queen Victoria [...]
Anthem trivia and protocol
ABC has been showing the classic “Carry On” movies in the wee hours, and Juliet’s been video taping them. That’s my unlikely introduction to this piece about anthems. I commented to Juliet and the big kids yesterday that when I was a boy the TV used to shut down at 11pm and play the national [...]
The republic
I was invited recently to speak at a conference in Albury on the notion that Australia should have more states or regional government. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend. The organiser had seen a letter I wrote to the Border Mail regarding the republic issue. I can’t find the letter, but in essence I said that changing [...]
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