Our Queen, in one of her other roles as United Kingdom head of state, pays a state visit to the Republic of Ireland, part of the UK until 1921. It is the first British state visit to Eire since 1911. At the state dinner in Dublin…
As we continued to wallow in the stories, photos and fashions from the royal wedding, Catherine Mayer speculates in Time magazine about the place of royalty in the hearts and minds of the British. She quotes an aide, “..the royal family are not…
Kelly Hockley asks the question on Independent Australia – Why do more men than women support the Republic? She provides no clues but there were 24 comments in reply – all from men! www.independentaustralia.net
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…
While Australian barrister and author, Geoffrey Robertson, labels the royal wedding ‘a manifesto* for British republicans’ in The Independent, it is nothing short of a wake-up call for Australian republicans as the British monarchy seeks to ensure its line of succession…
Julia Gillard, in London to attend the royal wedding, is asked about a new Australian poll which shows republic support dropping. She says the results “may well be reflecting that people have engaged with this love story and this exciting event. It may also be that…
A sudden ban on use of English royal wedding footage for comedy or ridicule ignites pro-republic sentiment. It results in the ABC cancelling satirical wedding coverage on ABC2 so that it can show the BBC’s live footage on ABC1 without fear of losing…
A change to the British gender succession rule will require legislation in all 16 countries of which the British monarch is the head of state to keep them all in step, including Australia where new laws will probably also be required in…
Deputy British PM, Nick Clegg, says the law that prevent a first-born royal female child from taking the throne ahead of a younger male child are “old-fashioned”. Actually, it’s sex-based discrimination. Suddenly, two weeks before the wedding of Prince William, heir to…
In a short and pertinent newspaper article, former Cabinet Minister, Ambassador to Italy and genuine republic supporter in the hostile Liberal seas, Amanda Vanstone puts the case for accelerating the move to a republic. She writes that she wants a…
