Hi there INDIVIDUAL...

Mate, I just can't remember who he was, other than he was very English, impeccably, but casually dressed, but I can't recall who it was. He was a Royal of some persuasion otherwise he wouldn't even be permitted into the grounds of Govt. House. Nice bloke though, for the 6 or so minutes I spoke with him.

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My previous post requires clarification. Wikipedia does it nicely :

« The Coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. Elizabeth II acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was held more than one year later because of the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such festivals. It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony. During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, was invested with robes and regalia, and was crowned queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) »

She was 25 when she became Queen and 27 at the time of her coronation.

Wikipedia also provides the following details :

« Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born on 21 April 1926. Her father, the Duke of York (later King George VI), was the second son of King George V. Her mother, the Duchess of York, was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She was delivered by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfather's London house: 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair. She was baptised by the Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May 1926, and named Elizabeth after her mother; Alexandra after her paternal great-grandmother, who had died six months earlier; and Mary after her paternal grandmother. Called "Lilibet" by her close family, based on what she called herself at first. She was cherished by her grandfather, George V, whom she affectionately called "Grandpa England".

Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford. Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature, and music »

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So far, Queen Elizabeth’s exceptionally long 70-year reign has been crowned with success. Hopefully, her end of reign will be too.

I should personally like to see our dear Queen Elizabeth do everything in her power to help us through a smooth transition from our current hereditary constitutional monarchy to a democratically elected republic.

I should like our next heads of state to be Australian-born-and-bred elected citizens, with reigns long enough to allow them to deploy their (i.e., our majority’s) long term vision for our country and, also, to continue to maintain our historically-excellent political stability – but, unlike the 70-year-long reign of our hereditary Queen Elizabeth, their period of office should, in my opinion, be limited to a maximum of two terms of 7 years (whether consecutive or not) in the event of re-election.

That, in my mind, would be the best scenario imaginable for a successful end-of-reign of our dear Queen Elizabeth – far better than simply dying at the helm of old age and leaving us all sadly orphaned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnsdygMYM0&ab_channel=PetulaClark-Topic

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Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
http://youtu.be/yqrAPOZxgzU

It was inevitable that Labor would start chuntering about a republic early in the piece - despite the fact that only 32% of Australians preferenced them first. What is surprising is the appointment of an 'Assistant Minister for the Republic'. Who is he assisting?

This appointment leaves no doubt that the ALP government has no intention of defending the Constitution, as all governments are required to do. Never mind the massive wage bill for 40 odd Ministers and assistants.

There is no sane reason for Australia to become a republic. There is no sane reason to trash our history, even with the next Monarch.

Charles is an idiot, and the father of idiots. When HM is gone, so has the Monarchy, for me. However, there will still be no reason for a republic, which would cost a  motza, cause lots of inconvenience, and do nothing at all to improve life in Australia. 

Rather than celebrating Lizze's longevity in office, perhaps we should be celebrating modern medical science which permitted that longevity.