German gossip mag Bild published a picture of the Duchess of Cambridge with her skirt blowing up around her waist after climbing out of a helicopter in the Blue Mountains. She appeared to be without petticoat or knickers, begging a few questions…
Our tongue-in-cheek take on knighthoods is published in the Honest History newsletter – a look at the awe inspired by the 1954 royal tour from inside the Governor’s Residence in Queensland, complete with Topsy the Talking Pony, along with this years announcement by the PM…
For our final viewing of the younger royals on our land: Kate, William and George descending yet another set of aircraft stairs form the larger than life photo backdrop for the new series of Dirty Laundry Live (how low can you go?)…
It must be the royal visit to bring out this sort of fervour/fever espoused by a letter writer to The Canberra Times. If only, it was this easy or simplistic: “As long as the Queen, her heirs and successors, occupy the position as our…
Just over a week after the second and third in line heir to the Australian throne jetted out, the Orstaylians, Kiwis and solemn Anzac commemorations at 5.30am in Canberra long forgotten (at least the palace didn’t hand out a detailed fashion…
While we’re still fiddling around with post royal tour silliness, Scotland is getting on with the job. Women have been identified as a key target for the independence referendum in September. The Scottish Social Attitudes survey has consistently shown a gender gap…
After the excesses of its April Royal Visit story (see News for 1 April 2015) comes hot on its heels, the May edition with Kate and William on the front cover, Uluru towering above them and the headline “Kate and William ON TOUR and…
Stuart Heritage in The Guardian says he can’t hate seeing so many photos of Prince George but he can hate “those who make him a travelling sideshow”. He wonders when he will be able to hate the tiny prince, will…
By this stage, with a day to go, some people had either had enough or were so enamoured of the younger royals that they were keen to see them on the Australian throne sooner rather than later. There were calls…
Republican highlight of the royal visit was Prince George’s disdainful and immediate chuck of the toy bilby at Taronga Zoo. Quite clear what he thinks about the colonials. This part of the tour was bordering on the ridiculous with so…
