Oct. 23, 2024
King Charles mans the grill
King Charles had quite the unexpected encounter during his visit to Canberra when he crossed paths with an alpaca named Hephner. The 9-year-old alpaca, dressed to impress in a suit, bow tie, and a gold crown, stood out in the crowd of over 1,000...
King Charles had quite the unexpected encounter during his visit to Canberra when he crossed paths with an alpaca named Hephner. The 9-year-old alpaca, dressed to impress in a suit, bow tie, and a gold crown, stood out in the crowd of over 1,000 well-wishers at the Australian War Memorial. Hephner, who was named after Playboy founder Hugh Hefner,
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A Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intry
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g I am your host, Mark Francis. King Charles had
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quite the unexpected encounter during his visit to Canberra when
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he crossed the paths with an alpacker named Hefner. The
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nine year old alpaca, dressed to impress and a suit,
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bow tie and a gold crown, stood out in the
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crowd of over one thousand well wishes at the Australian
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War Memorial. Hefner, who was named after Playboy founder Hugh Hefner,
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had waited patiently alongside his owner, Robert Fletcher, to meet
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the royal couple. One King meets another King, Fletcher joked
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to reporters as Charles approached and went to pat the
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fluffy royal guest, Hefner sneezed on him, much to the
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surprise of both the King and the crowd. Charles laughed
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it off and Fletcher quickly equipped. At least he didn't spit.
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Charles and Camilla brought a touch of royal charm to
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a community barbecue in scorching temperatures at Paramatta Park in Sydney,
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welcomed by a smoking ceremony, and did you redo performance.
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The royals reunited after separate engagements. Earlier in the day,
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King Charles met with New South Wales Premier Chris Mins
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and his wife Anna, while Queen Camilla was introduced to
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the Deputy Premier Prudence car and to her husband Brad Hulls.
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As part of the smoking ceremony, both Charles and Camilla
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took turns wafting with the smoke over themselves, a gesture
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believed to bring good luck and clear away bad spirits.
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One of the day's heartwarming moments occurred when King Charles
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embraced a member of Australia's Stolen Generation. Later, the royal
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couple were given tongs to flip sausages on the barbecue. Charles,
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ever the enthusiastic participant, grabbed the tongues and immediately started
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turning over the snags the sausages, while Camilla preferred rolling
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them with a tool. Surf life saving personnel who were
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manning the barbecue presented Charles with a framed red and
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yellow swimming cap, to which the King quipped break glass
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in an emergency. Scott McCoy, who goes by the name Chop,
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is the manager of Black Bear barbecue restaurant in Sydney.
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Chop found it to be an honor to have some
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royal helpers. Chop said, I'm still shaking. It was great.
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The King and Queen declined a chance to taste any
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of the sausages, which included land, beef, pork, and vegetarian variations.
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Chop said the Queen was instructed to use the tongs
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the Aussie way to turn the snags by clicking them
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twice before she used them. Queen Camella caught the crowd's
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attention when she was presented with a nature crown made
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from leaves, flowers and natural materials. She placed it on
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her head, saying to Charles, look what I've got to
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which he replied, oh, it's beautiful, noticing the herb rosemary
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woven into it. As they mingled with the crowd, Camilla
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chatted with school captains Rohan and Lucas from Baya Nummi
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Public School, who encouraged the royals to enjoy some sausages.
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Charles was presented with a bouquet by Layla eleven, who
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later giggled as she recalled him, telling her it's a
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good excuse to skip schoolry the royals also watched a
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sheepdog trial, where Colt and Australian Kelpie took a few
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attempts to herd the cattle correctly. After a few comical minutes,
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the sheep were finally secured in their pen and Charles laughed,
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saying that was brilliant. As the day wrapped up, the
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Sydney Thunder cricket team presented the King with their first
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Nation's jersey. Player Chris Grant later said it was pretty
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special to meet the King personally and it's amazing to
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see the turnout today. King Charles and Queen Camilla joined
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the Premier Mens on stage to offer brief remarks. Charles
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made light of the hour glass he presented to New
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South Wales Parliament earlier, joking I knew I should have
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brought the egg timer with me to check I didn't
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go on too long. It's one thing to be an
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Australian Republican, it's another to be rude. In the Telegraph,
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Camilla Tominy writes as a realist rather than a royalist.
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I have always believed those opposed to the monarchy should
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be able to air their views as freely as those
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in favor of the crown. Country and Commonwealth republicans have
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to be quite so rude about it. Never has the
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bulsness of the anti monarchy movement been better demonstrated than
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in Australia, where state premiers have refused to attend a
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welcome reception for the King and the capital Canberra, despite
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him having flown halfway around the world of the age
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of seventy five to fulfill his constitutional obligations as King
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of Australia. He didn't need to make the pit stop
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on route to Samoa to attend next week's Commonwealth Heads
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of Government meeting with Queen Camilla, but having recently undergone
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cancer treatment, presumably thought it would be remiss not to
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pop in. It's highly doubtful the royal couple will ever return,
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yet still the politicians found better things to do than
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spare an hour or to greet them over a warm
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white wine. Daniella Ralph, writing for the BBC, considers the
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Australia trip a success. Ralph writes for Buckingham Palace, this
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was the ideal ending to the Royal tour of Australia.
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The optics were positive, despite a headline grabbing protest in
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Canberra on Monday, the public mood on the ground in
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Sydney was supportive, but getting to this point with a
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successful completion of this trip ahead of a poignant goodbye
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will have comes a huge relief to Royal Aids. These
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trips are a quick fire, a round of very diverse events,
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with the crowds at each demanding attention, and the King
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appears to have coped well. His presence here in Australia
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immediately focuses minds on the King's role as head of
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state and reopens questions about whether that is right for
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modern Australia. Although Republican sentiment bubbles under the surface here,
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except for the heckling in Parliament, it has not burst
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through in any significant way. On this trip, an indigenous
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protester was arrested for attempting to confront King Charles Wayne Coco.
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Wharton said, go home with the king. He is a
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king of thieves and a king of liars. You have
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no receipt, you have no agreement on the occupation of
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this country. You are a nation of thieves. You're guilty.
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Wharton was arrested by police and development that was met
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with applause pellus intrincale rare back royal expert Jenny Bond
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is defending Prince William. Last year, William launched Homewards, a
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program which champions the idea that homelessness can be eradicated
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by ensuring its rare, brief and unrepeated. Some are skeptical
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about William's involvement. Jenny Bond it tells, okay, I utterly
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despair of the people who attack someone for trying to
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do good. What do they expect William to do? Sit
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in the palace twiddling his thumbs and ringing a bell
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for servants. He knows perfectly well that he was born
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into a position of enormous privilege and wealth and several homes.
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But as he says, what is the point of his
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existence if he doesn't use that privilege and that platform
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to try to do what he can to help others.
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He is coming up with innovative ideas which may go
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some of the way to helping the homeless. If the
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project doesn't provide a complete solution, and let's face it,
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he's not going to wipe out homelessness in a few years.
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He can at least say he has tried his best
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and used his considerable convening power as fully as possible,
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