In a documentary about the republic screened on ABC’s Q&A, royal biographer, Robert Lacey reports that the reaction of Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth II’s spouse, to the result of the 1999 referendum was to say, “What do those people think they are doing?” to which the Queen of Australia responded, “The problem was with the model”.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
