The Canadian Government announces the appointments of Prince Charles and Princess Anne as Commodores-in-Chief in the Royal Canadian Navy by the Queen of Canada (also Queen of Australia). The official government website reveals that this is the first time that members of the British royal family have been given RCN posts. It also says that Commodore-in-Chief is an honorary appointment, ceremonial in nature, whose purpose is to maintain a direct link between the unit and the British royal family; is bestowed by the Queen on various members of her family and that such appointments have been made to the British Royal Navy since 2006. Prince Charles and Princess Anne are both already Colonel-in-Chief to seven Canadian military regiments.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
