They were fashionably late but the crowd didn’t seem to care. In fact as the minutes ticked by more and more locals and blow-ins lined Bridge Street in the historic town of Richmond in Tasmania until the crowd was several deep. The town only has a population of around 1600 but it looked like more […]

As I come to the end of day two on the royal tour there’s one man I can’t keep my eyes off. Always near and looking proprietorial is a dashing figure in a crisp white uniform with gold braid and all the trimmings. No republic please! Australia loves Charles and Camilla It’s as if I’ve […]

She might be the Queen’s granddaughter, but Zara Phillips is not above making a fool of herself for a good cause. The 31-year-old royal has performed a version of Korean pop star Psy’s hit Gangnam Style dressed in her full Olympic equestrian kit. Zara appears alongside her eventing teammates Nicola Wilson and Tina Cook in […]

Up at Penfolds Winery South Australia and The Weekly’s country cook Maggie Beer is rushing around putting the finishing touches to her saltbush mutton, black pig leg of ham (from her daughter’s piggery) and Barossa chook as the royal cavalcade drives up through the vines. It’s a perfect Adelaide day, warm, blue skies and lots […]

As I get more immersed in the royal way of working — albeit as a member of the media — there is one overriding value system that seems to rule all encounters, and that is good old-fashioned courtesy. From the security men to the personal secretaries, the tightly knit press team, the police on guard […]

Meet the little girl who today charmed a Duchess. Thirteen-year-old Georgina Gallagher from Port Phillip Specialist School, south of Melbourne, was among a group of students who met Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall at the Victorian College of Arts (VCA) this morning as part of the royal duo’s whirlwind tour of Australia. […]

Jo Green has set up her royal-watching station outside Government House in Melbourne

The Duchess of Cornwall continued her Down Under charm offensive this morning, delighting a room of dignitaries and osteoporosis sufferers with her easy manner and impish sense of humour. Camilla met with a select group of dignitaries, medical practitioners and patients at a special event for Osteoporosis Australia at Government House in Melbourne. No republic […]

In an impressive speech at a community bbq attended by 300 guests — stockmen and their families, farmers and people who work on the land from the isolated community of Longreach — Prince Charles paid tribute to the outback and recalled his own experiences as a schoolboy in the Australian bush. “The outback is a […]

Prince Philip accidentally flashed his crown jewels in July, Kate’s bikini top fell off in September and Harry’s clothes abandoned him completely in Las Vegas, but Queen Elizabeth has never had a wardrobe malfunction in her 60 years in the spotlight. Come rain, hail or gusty winds, the 86-year-old monarch never looks anything less than […]