With Queen’s Birthday fresh in mind, WfaAR is published in The Canberra Times on the subject of Australian honours, the need to get rid of knighthoods (now handed on to the Council of the Order of Australia), the desirability of making the…
Sarah Brasch, WfaAR’s national convenor, ponders the real meaning of the Queen’s Birthday holiday and wonders if anyone in this country gives the reason for a day off more than a passing thought – and if not, why not? Her…
Sue Lappeman writes in the Gold Coast Bulletin and gets straight to the point. She says, “We long to be part of the modern world but then show ourselves up as unsophisticated hicks when confronted with anything more complex than…
The notoriously conservative Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra holds an election to decide the next conductor to follow Sir Simon Rattle in 2018. While all members of the orchestra could vote, the process was not clear. Members were able to vote for…
Prince Harry, now fifth in line after Charlotte’s arrival, quits our shores to return home. He is claimed to have said that he didn’t want to leave. His latest sojourn cost the Department of Defence – and Australian taxpayers –…
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…
The week was capped off by the birth of fourth in line, Princess Charlotte to the Cambridges. At least, she no longer faces sex discrimination after the passing of Britain’s royal succession bill – Australia having made it over the…
Here is something to chew on about what Australians really think about being a constitutional monarchy as opposed to the popularity of the Queen. WfaAR believes that the polls do not draw out the confusion between constitutional and celebrity monarchy complicated by warm feelings…
This time is it the Queen’s cousin and 35th in line to the throne, Prince Edward the Duke of Kent. Officially visiting for Anzac Day in his capacity as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Duke also commemorated…
In the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, an award she approved on the Prime Minister’s sole recommendation that was widely ridiculed – please see link below for photo and story. In the foreground is Australian High Commissioner and devoted…
