The real purpose of royal visits (where princelings prove themselves capable of lasting the distance in trying conditions and win over the Antipodeans) is to convince “the people of Australia that having a royal family is a good thing”. William, Kate and George in 2014 is a carbon copy of Charles, Diana and William in 1983. So now we know. [“Modern family to learn from 1983 tour” by Christopher Wilson, The Daily Telegraph (London), 4 April 2014]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
