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Fool Britannia: palace throws in the tea towel on Wills-Kate wedding
Buckingham Palace authorities have refused to endorse any tea towels commemorating Prince William’s forthcoming marriage to Kate Middleton.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s Euro Bites: where there’s a Will, there’s a day (off)
Funny how we all have to work hard, increase productivity, etc, except when an ancient monarchical ritual is involved, at which point everything dissolves like a mad May fair.
Pobjie: Republicanism, like suicide and Peter Garrett, solves nothing
The personal lives of the Queen’s grandchildren belong to us all: in a way, today we are all engaged to Kate Middleton, writes Ben Pobjie.
Don’t be jealous of Middleton: being a royal is way over-rated
Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton will undoubtedly bring out the green-eyed monster from woman around the world. But being a royal actually isn’t much fun, writes Andrew Roberts.
Getting the balance right in royal reporting
Republicans think most people — a clear majority — in Australia have moved on from the 1950s and that the correct line for us to take is to be respectful and honest — not disingenuously claim we are overcome with excitement about upcoming royal wedding, writes the Australian Republican Movement’s David Donovan.
A special Royal Engagement edition of Leigh Josey’s Morning Media Mauling
Did you hear? Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married! As a proud member of the Commonwealth, Leigh Josey believes we should do everything in our power to be embarrassingly sycophantic in the rush to praise our Royal overlords. And it appears Australia’s newspapers agree…
Guy Rundle: From Di’s dead hand, a ring for commoners everywhere
“Warning — this report contains flash photography” was how every news bulletin began tonight, as the engagement of Prince William and Kate — now Katherine — Middleton was announced. That was something of an understatement, reports Guy Rundle from London.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: What’s so wrong with publicly identifying yourself?
What exactly is the problem with making bloggers and commenters in SA publicly identify themselves? asks one Crikey reader. Plus, Prince William, Fructose and angry dads.
How the Palace press machine seduced the Australian media
Now that Prince William and his PR machine have left the country, the Australian media needs to sit back and realise they were used and a bit cheapened by a rapturous week-long love affair, writes David Donovan.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Wills visit: this is 2010, not 1810
Crikey readers weigh in on Prince Will’s visit, the actual cost of books from BookDepository and fat people flying on planes.
Republican movement’s new enemy: Prince William
Prince William’s visit has left more than just giggling schoolgirls and a princely display of bowling. It has also revealed how unprepared the Australian Republic movement is for the next generation of royals.
Wankley Awards: The media’s royally crushed on Wills
The Australia media’s “We Willy willy like you” response to Prince William’s visit left the Crikey team with little doubt as to what the topic of this week’s Wankley would be. Crikey Intern Flint Duxfield examines the field.
Turnbull: He may be Prince Charming but the monarchy is a still a toad
Yes, of course Prince William is welcomed enthusiastically by Australia — we’re not barbarians. But he won’t change the republican tide of support, argues Malcolm Turnbull.
Royal barbecued rib(bing) shows Billy is a prince among men
Thomas Flynn from Australians For Constitutional Monarchy attended a BBQ with Prince William yesterday in Sydney, where Daniel MacPherson wore tight pants and Kristina Keneally impressed.
Video of the Day: The hip-hop and happening Prince and PM
Cringe alert. Kevin Rudd and our Will, the Prince of Hearts, saw a hip hop crew performance at a homeless shelter in Sydney and could not have looked more awkward. Have the homeless not suffered enough?
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Press coverage gets the royal treatment
And the very clear winner this week when it comes to media coverage is…well, the monarchy of course! Though Tony Abbott has also been successful at getting the media machine cranking.
Why even Women’s Weekly readers don’t give a rats about Will
Prince Will seems nice and everything, says Helen McCabe, editor-in-chief of the Women’s Weekly, but he is far too bland and balding to get the attention of Aussie readers. If only Waitie Katie was here too!
Crikey Says: Find Wills a missus? Now that’s a blue from the Bolt
Does anyone in Australia actually give a flying fig about Prince William? Yes, if you believe the David Flints of the world: a group of people whose entire support for the monarchy seems more like something out of a trashy romance novel.
When there’s a Will, there’s a way for an Oz monarchy
Current prince and future king, Prince William, is a great candidate to push the idea of a limited monarchy in Australia. Why? Because he seems just as nice as his late mum, says Ross Cameron.
The secret plan to make Wills the “Shadow King”
The Mail says it has obtained private Treasury documents which reveal the Queen is planning to hand over a substantial part of her duties to Prince William in order to groom his as the next monarch, bypassing Prince Charles — though the Palace says “pish tosh”.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 29 June, 2007
Just when you thought Australia was emerging as some sort of mature nation, along comes the idea of installing a Euro party boy in his mid-twenties as head of state. Prince William, 25, as governor-general?
