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Oracle of DelphiDo Australians love the Queen?
November 20th 2006 16:16
Do you consider Queen Elizabeth to be the 'official' head of state? Are you monarchists?
As a Canadian, I grew up singing both 'O Canada' AND 'God Save the Queen' at school assemblies (but nowhere else did we sing the British anthem). We do still consider ourselves as part of the Commonwealth but obviously as independant, equal members.
On a trip to Germany a few years ago, as I was walking in a town square, I heard a man speak the name of the Queen amongst his German language conversation. Not speaking German, I didn't know the context, but the way he said her name sounded to me like he may have been making fun of her. Almost subconciously, involuntarily, I became quite irked at the thought of someone bad-mouthing the Queen. Up to this point, I had thought of myself as quite distanced from anything British, traditional, monarchist, etc.
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Comment by postmoderncritic
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The only time I thought about the Queen this year was during the telecast of the Commonwealth Games from Melbourne, in which a young boy sang a very pro-English song to the Queen, who had arrived to witness the opening.
We had a referendum on whether Australia should become a republic a few years ago, and while the majority said no I'm sure that in ten or twenty year's time we will eventually become one.
England seems very far from here, so I really don't think about the Royal Family much.
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