Royal wedding sidelines Australia republic drive
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SYDNEY — Their views could not be further at odds, but the upcoming royal wedding has Australia’s royalists and republicans in rare and unlikely agreement — the monarchy is digging in Down under.
A former British penal colony famed for its boisterous irreverence, it is perhaps unsurprising that Australia is usually seen as the most republican of Queen Elizabeth II’s realms.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a staunch believer in replacing the British royal family with an Australian head of state once the queen dies.
And though Australians voted against ditching the royals in 1999 the republican movement has long argued it is a matter of when, not if..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110427com5.html
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