//Google it, what people read is the GG does this or has the power to do that, but ultimately, SHE is pulling the strings.
He works for her.//

No. Name an occasion at any point within, say, the last 66 years - the reign of Her Majesty - when she has ever interfered with our democracy, even indirectly by directing Governors-General to withhold assent for bills or exercise their reserve powers. It's never happened. When the most notable exercise of the reserve powers occurred with the Whitlam dismissal in 1975, Kerr didn't ring up Her Majesty and ask for permission first - and under the Constitution, he didn't have to.

The Constitution may, in theory, allow her to pull strings. But - and it's a big but - she has NEVER exercised those powers. I consider it extremely unlikely that she, or any of her successors, ever will.

She doesn't stick her beak into government either here or in the UK, which is why people like her so much. The British monarchy learnt a great deal from the example of Charles I to what happens to monarchs who take an over-active interest in politics. They probably consider themselves lucky to have been given a second go at it, because that certainly wasn't the case for a number of European monarchies, and are now wary of buggering it up.

It would have been nice if HM had advised Kerr to make sure he wasn't stuffing it up. She is supposed to act on the advice of the PM - Whitlam. Possibly she was well aware she had messed up Philip's life and Margaret's and went on with Diana's. Maybe discretion indicated her strength came from keeping out of the kitchen. She believes she is on a divine mission like Israel's kings or like Trump king of the pops. Thank the lord she doesn't tweet.

Belly,

C'mon, just one material benefit, surely Bill has told you of one advantage for the ordinary bloke/blokess that will flow from us becoming a Democratic Peoples' Republic?

//C'mon, just one material benefit//

Well, there might be more impetus for us to change our flag from it's current terrible design to something that's a bit less hard to confuse with the flag of those sheep-rooters across the ditch.

Although I don't see why we should have to become a republic for that to be the case. Canada have the best flag design in the world, and they're still a constitutional monarchy. I'm sure if we put our minds to it, we can come up with something a bit more striking and original than the Union Jack which adorns the flags of countless Commonwealth nations, and the constellation Crux which adorns the flags of a number of southern-hemisphere nations. Something uniquely Australian.

Unique? That would have to be no flag . Just a kangaroo on a stick.

Belly,

Here's a bit about Prince Charles that you might have missed,
he's a qualified pilot on numerous aircraft.

This link has pros and cons.
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/461337-prince-charles-flying-career-3.html

and he's a qualified navigator as well (RN) as well as having been a Ship's Captain.

Hope this helps.