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Imagine if your future king visited and noone showed up
Poor Prince Charles has been in Australia and noone except a few die hard monarchists and those who had to be there for official reasons bothered to turn up.
When he was in Canberra I didn't see a single person rushing off to spectate.
This contrasts with former royal tours where people have turned out in their tens of thousands.
One conservative paper tried to beat up the crowds but even they could only manage "a thousand" well wishers in Sydney, many of whom would have been in the area anyway.
No matter what the monarchists say I suspect that Charles will be seeing the writing on the wall, at least for his reign. His son might turn it around.
When he was in Canberra I didn't see a single person rushing off to spectate.
This contrasts with former royal tours where people have turned out in their tens of thousands.
One conservative paper tried to beat up the crowds but even they could only manage "a thousand" well wishers in Sydney, many of whom would have been in the area anyway.
No matter what the monarchists say I suspect that Charles will be seeing the writing on the wall, at least for his reign. His son might turn it around.
generalizations.
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