The Queen
Fergie has done it again and this time there won’t be any more agains – ever.
The royal family and the British public have had a gutful of the red headed bombshell they never really came to terms with in the first place, which is surprising considering her family’s royal and aristocratic background.
Sarah, Duchess of York is a direct descendant of King Charles II and she has known the Queen and the royal family since she was small child. Her Father, Major Ronnie Ferguson, was Prince Philip’s polo manager and the two men were great mates.
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The next time the London Philharmonic Orchestra tours Australia, will somebody please tell the conductor that the playing of God Save the Queen is just not on and certainly not before the National Anthem of Australia is played.
There’s some mad theory around that the British anthem was played because the Duke of Kent was in the audience.
The Duke of who? There wouldn’t be many Australians who have ever heard of him and to put those who haven’t out of their collective miseries here’s who he is: he’s Prince Edward , a cousin of the Queen’s and is in the first 20 in line to the English throne.
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Alex Fishburn says:
@Lyn P. Look at the votes for the model. The convention’s proceedings were recorded in Hansard so this is easy to do. A whole bunch of models were put to the vote and the loser in each round was knocked out. The Turnbull model was in the lead the whole… Read more »
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Lyn P says:
Well Dave C you either don’t know your history or you are spinning a monarchist line, because those that were involved, know that it was an ‘engineered’ convention designed to push the issue off the agenda. The nasty games played ensured that a humungus wedge was inserted between the direct… Read more »
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