Barry Everingham
Barry Everingham is a Melbourne-based broadcaster, author and journalist. A former News Limited reporter, it was while he was working in News Limited’s London Bureau in the late 1970s and began covering the Buckingham Palace round that his interest in the British and European royals commenced. He is an acknowledged commentator on royalty.He covered the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones for the US network MSNBC and regularly appears on TV in Australia.
Articles by Barry Everingham
Making Parliament the preserve of delicate flowers
Before everyone gets too excited about reforming Parliament, it has to be remembered the combative nature of the placed has…... Read more
Oh Fergie, you’ve really done it this time baby
Fergie has done it again and this time there won’t be any more agains – ever. The royal family and…... Read more
Sarah Palin: What almost happened was no game
There’s a very thin line in picking winners at the horse races and on political election days, and the Americans…... Read more
Republic shouldn’t rest in peace until the Queen does
Bob Hawke has nit the nail on the head – he’s called for a referendum on the issue of a…... Read more
Even the Royals are sick of themselves
It’s that time of the year again – April has become the crazy royal month in the media and this…... Read more
Royal palaces crumbling
The octogenarian husband of the Australian head of state has done it again – he asked a young female sea…... Read more
Brumby railroaded as Victoria turns into NSW
There’s a light at the end on John Brumby’s tunnel. And it ain’t no oncoming train because Melbourne’s train system…... Read more
Wills’ visit proves he’s more celebrity than statesman
Well our local monarchists have worked themselves into a royal frenzy and the hyperbole is coming thick and fast -…... Read more
Yes Sir? No Sir!
Professor David Flint – the convenor of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) – is on the march again and as…... Read more
We’re getting William, whether we like it or not
The secret is out – our next king; unless we come to our senses and become a Republic – will…... Read more
Memo, ma’am: The royal family belongs to us
Dear oh dear – the Queen of Australia and her other realms and territories beyond the seas – is very…... Read more
If our next King thinks we should be a republic, then…
Harry M Miller’s revelation that Prince Charles wondered why Australia remained a constitutional monarchy will come as no surprise to…... Read more
Monarchists must fume at the invisible royals
For the past week or so we have been paid visits by two members of Britain’s royal family – Prince…... Read more
So what has Tim Fischer been up to at the Vatican?
When former Members of Parliament are handed plum overseas diplomatic appointments they are usually for services rendered as paybacks for…... Read more
Footballers don’t need to go public with their ‘problems’
It would be interesting to know just how much longer our football administrators are prepared to tolerate the oafish behavior…... Read more
Let us never speak of this unfortunate incident again
The next time the London Philharmonic Orchestra tours Australia, will somebody please tell the conductor that the playing of God…... Read more
King Brumby’s tin-pot Raj
Victoria might well be the Garden State but the Premier, John Brumby lives is a state of denial and it’s…... Read more
Right royal lie at the centre of monarchists’ claims
The Australian monarchists are divided – David Flint and his tightly controlled Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) claim the…... Read more
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