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 to [...]
My photo appeared on page five of Victoria’s highest-circulating daily newspaper yesterday, the Herald-Sun from Melbourne.
It was to do with my non-selection to run with the Queen’s Baton in the Commonwealth Games relay.
The article quoted me correctly, but missed my main point, which was that Porepunkah has been snubbed by the relay organisers. (more…)
I’m on a mailing list for the Australian Monarchists League. I was surprised to read yesterday that a pizza chain has weighed into the non-existent republican debate. The email is reproduced here:
"In today’s newspapers is a report on what could only be termed to be a senseless phone survey conducted by Domino’s Pizza of [...]
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 anthem, [...]
