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…
WfaAR’s Sarah Brasch explains how long it took to get the six Australian States and the Commonwealth on the same page to give effect to changes that the British wanted to make to their succession laws. She finds a complex…
“Constitutional conservatives”, who appear to be all white males opposing any change to the Constitution, now propose that there should be a “declaration” recognising the place of our First Peoples in the nation’s history and culture. This would be decided…
On Margaret Throsby’s Midday Interview (ABC Classic FM Mon-Fri at 12 noon), the guest was former Labor PM Bob Hawke. Margaret started by asking him about the Abbott knighthoods introduced last year. Hawke replied that the measure of their worth was that…
Prince Harry arrives for another pointless visit, his second in 18 months and the seventh royal visit since 2011 noting the drought from 1999 to 2011 interrupted only the short 2006 visit by the Queen to open the Commonwealth Games in…
