Jacqueline Maley nails it in the Fairfax Press. She says as if last years knighthoods and dameships conferred by the Queen of Australia aren’t bad enough, now we have other Australian royals behaving badly – Prince Charles, to be our next King, interfering in the free press to further his own interests, and Prince Andrew, fifth in line, keeping very bad company. Best of all is her conclusion, “This, when you look past Prince George’s dimpled knees and the collective hysteria over Kate Middleton, about whom no one can reliably say much expect that she has very nice hair, is the reality of the monarchy to which Australia is still willingly shackled.” [“Royals flushed with worry as baby glow fades” by Jacqueline Maley, Fairfax Press, 10 January 2015] – read the full article below.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
