8 November

In England, our Head of State issued this statement about the republic result (click here). WfaAR notes the tendency of the British press to report the result as a resounding vote in favour of the monarchy with some amusement and was interested that scenes of jubilation from Sydney purported to be for referendum result shown on British TV were, in fact, celebrations for Australia’s Rugby World Cup win on the same night. Also in the British press were reports that the Queen was both disturbed and surprised about the strength of anti-royalty sentiment in Australia and that this could lead to her being urged to send the Windsors’ “secret weapon” to Australia in the form of Prince William, to shore up her support.