Charles III is a good bloke, says Malcolm Turnbull
But Australia’s former prime minister still thinks his country should become a republic
THERE IS NO mention of Australia in Charles III’s several coronation oaths; the only one of his 15 realms that is specifically mentioned is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The other 14 are swept up in an omnibus reference to “your other Realms and the Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining”, all of which Charles will promise to govern “according to their respective laws and customs”.
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