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Subject: British citizens as Governor Generals

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Andrew(Canada)

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Date Posted: 01:12:58 12/07/04 Tue

i think another way to re-forge our ties would be to have every other Governor General come from another CANZUK country...i think that would help to show that we are all connected and similar...as well, i think it would be interesting if sometimes these Governor Generals were members of the Royal Family...it used to be in Canada before the mid 20-th century( and im sure it was similar in NZ and Australia) that the Governor Generals were British, some of them Royals...i personally believe that members of the Royal Family need to actually RESIDE for periods of time in the other commonwealth(especially CANZUK) countries...wouldn't it be interesting if the Queen actually STAYED in Canada, Austraila, or New Zealand for five years, taking the resposibilites of the Governor General for the time period? i think this would greatly strenghten our cultural ties and our affection for the monarchy.

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[> Subject: you just have to see the attention the princes get when they visit
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 01:57:47 12/07/04 Tue Personally, I hope that either William or Harry ends up marrying an Australian girl. It's a pity there aren't enough princes to go arouns, I guess. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: It's Governors General, not Governor Generals, and it's a good idea
Author: Jim (Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 03:12:44 12/07/04 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: thanks for correcting that
Author: Andrew(Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 03:33:07 12/07/04 Tue thanks for correcting that, my mistake, and thank you for the vote of confidence [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I think it's a good idea too.
Author: Nick (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:39:59 12/07/04 Tue Prince Charles suggested he become GG of Australia in the 1970s, I think, but was told to sod off. I'm not sure if it was the British or Australian government that advised against it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: There was talk of Prince Andrew becoming GG of Canada in the 1980's, but it went nowhere
Author: Jim (Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:22:47 12/07/04 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: viceroys

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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 12:38:40 12/07/04 Tue

The eminently sensible people of Australia may have told Charlie to sod off, but I doubt that they would do the same to William. Indeed, I read an article in a newspaper some months ago suggesting that very thing. The poor lad is so popular, especially among the younger female contingent, in every English-speaking country round the world, that they'd probably even have him as Governor General in the USA.

On the other hand, this may just be British metropolitan prejudice. We see Charles as an upright, old-fashioned, reserved, rather smartly-dressed old chap, and so we never imagine that the Aussies would have him. But William wears sneakers and baseball-caps and does watersports, and so we can't imagine why the Aussies wouldn't have him... Bit hypocritical of us, that.

And as for getting him to marry an Australian, I think that'd be a great idea, but I bet a pound to a penny that they make him marry a European.

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[> [> [> Subject: Charles studied in Australia and was well liked
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:56:44 12/07/04 Tue But the Whitlam government (1972-75) did everything it could to deny the existence of history, even going so far as to change the wording on our banknotes from "Commonwealth of Australia" to plain "Australia", for some daft reason that escapes me now. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]