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King Charles III's visit to Australia rekindles debate on ending ties to British monarchy

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla are scheduled to arrive in Australia on Friday for a historic royal tour, marking the first Australian visit by a reigning monarch in over a decade. The tour comes after Buckingham Palace announced the King's cancer diagnosis and subsequent reduction in public duties, but the trip was never completely ruled out. The itinerary has been scaled down due to Charles' treatment. In Australia, the King and Queen will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, review the country's naval fleet, and greet supporters outside the Sydney Opera House. However, many state leaders are choosing to stay home, and some Australians continue to debate the role of the monarchy in the country.

  1. AU
    Philip Benwell
    Australian Monarchist League
    1. To not attend can be considered to be a snub, because this is not a normal visit. This is the first visit of a king ever to Australia.
    2. It would be virtually incumbent upon the premiers to be in Canberra to meet him and pay their respects.
    3. The visit by the king brings it home that Australia is a constitutional monarchy and it has a king.
    4. Something like the royal visit brings the king closer in the minds of people, because we have an absent monarchy.
  2. AU
    Nathan Hansford
    Australian Republic Movement
    1. We'd love to wave goodbye to royal reign.
    2. I think the question that Australians really should be asking is why should someone who is not an Australian be our head of state.
  3. AU
    Esther Anatolitis
    Australian Republic Movement
    1. Unfortunately, it is a reminder that Australia's head of state isn't full-time, isn't Australian. It's a part-time person based overseas who's the head of state of numerous places.
    2. In the '50s, we didn't have that global interconnectedness that we have now.
    3. We say to Charles and Camilla: 'Welcome, we hope you're enjoying our country and good health and good spirits.' But we also look forward to this being the final tour of a sitting Australian monarch and that when they come back to visit soon, we look forward to welcoming them as visiting dignitaries.
  4. AU
    Bev McArthur
    Liberal Party
    1. This man is having cancer treatment. He seems to have put that on hold to come out to Australia, as part of the Commonwealth.
    2. I think they're just unable to take the republican hats off their heads.
    3. The least we can do is have our leaders pay the respect that he deserves.
  5. GB
    Buckingham Palace
    1. Whether Australia becomes a republic is ... a matter for the Australian public to decide.
  6. AU
    Dennis Altman
    La Trobe University
    1. Here is a man who theoretically is our head of state coming to Australia two years after he came to the throne, but there is less interest and enthusiasm than I can remember for any previous royal tour.
    2. Something odd has happened, which is that constitutionally we are still bound to be a constitutional monarchy with Charles as our king, but in fact people have lost sight of that.
  7. AU
    Michelle Arrow
    Macquarie University
    1. It's like, yeah, we're a monarchy but it seems okay, we haven't had any coups, we're a pretty stable democracy.
  8. GB
    George Gross
    King's College London
    1. It is notable that he is visiting Australia in the year after his coronation, as this echoes the 1954 tour by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II following her coronation in 1953.

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sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.CTV News
  6. 6.Associated Press
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.British Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Protests
  3. 3.British Monarchy
  4. 4.Independence Movements
  5. 5.Australian Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Australia under Anthony Albanese
  7. 7.Commonwealth

countries

  1. 1.AlbaniaAL
  2. 2.AustraliaAU
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.KenyaKE
  7. 7.New ZealandNZ
  8. 8.SamoaWS

organizations

  1. 1.Commonwealth
  2. 2.Buckingham PalaceGB
  3. 3.Australian Republic Movement
  4. 4.Australian Monarchist League
  5. 5.British Foreign OfficeGB
  6. 6.First Nations
  7. 7.House of Windsor
  8. 8.King's College London
  9. 9.La Trobe University
  10. 10.Macquarie University
  11. 11.NetflixUS
  12. 12.Republican Party

persons

  1. 1.King Charles IIIGB
  2. 2.Queen Elizabeth IIGB
  3. 3.Anthony AlbaneseAU
  4. 4.Esther AnatolitisAU
  5. 5.Philip BenwellAU
  6. 6.Bev McArthurAU
  7. 7.Dennis AltmanAU
  8. 8.Eric Abetz
  9. 9.George GrossGB
  10. 10.Lesley Kerl
  11. 11.Malcolm TurnbullAU
  12. 12.Michelle ArrowAU

technicals

  1. 1.Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
  2. 2.Sydney Opera House
  3. 3.Torres Strait Island
  4. 4.Aboriginal
  5. 5.British Empire
  6. 6.D-Day
  7. 7.English Channel
  8. 8.Victorian
  9. 9.Wave Goodbye to Royal Reign with Monarchy: The Farewell Oz Tour
King Charles III's visit to Australia rekindles debate on ending ties to British monarchy