Random thoughts and observations
The interesting thing for me about Prince William’s speech to Christchurch earthquake survivors was that he is English. That may seem an obvious thing to say, but the Queen speaks an older-style universal English, which Prince Charles follows to a certain extent. I’m not researching this online or linking to experts, but my own observations tell me that the Queen’s English is similar to Oxford English, which used to be spoken by ABC radio announcers and professionals in Australia.
There is now some interesting archival film available showing the Queen’s first visit to Australia in 1954: Tweet Pin It
I’ve written a story for The Border Watch on the failed 1999 republic referendum for Friday’s paper, looking back at how the issue was reported in Mount Gambier a decade ago. The electorate of Barker recorded a “No” vote of 67.57 percent, which was one of the highest results in Australia and the second highest [...]
I’ve started reading Sir David Smith’s book “Head of State”. I never knew he was the son of Polish Jewish immigrants. Tweet Pin It
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 [...]
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