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October 22nd, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Her appearance at Duntroon was the monarch’s ninth official engagement in four
days, a tall order for many 85-year-olds but, as those who are following the
progress of the monarch on her 16th tour of Australia have come to realise,
business as usual for the Queen.
Australians have been impressed by the stamina and sprightliness displayed by
the royal couple since they touched down in the country on Wednesday.
Far from appearing tired out by the long and gruelling 10,500 mile journey
from the other side of the world, both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh,
now aged 90, have taken to their busy schedule with gusto.
Dimity Clarke, who had travelled from Sydney to watch her son Cameron take
part in the military parade and catch a glimpse of the Queen, said she was
amazed by the monarch’s reserves of energy.
“My father is in his eighties and he was saying how does she do the amount of
things they give her to do? It’s incredible,” Mrs Clarke, 52, said.
“We’re absolutely impressed that she does that trip from Britain so often,
it’s bad enough for us with the jetlag.”
Despite speculation that this trip could be the Queen’s final visit Down
Under, due to her age and the distance, the royal couple’s schedule during
their 10-day visit certainly does not read like the diary of a public figure
who needs or wants to take it easy.
During the tour the Queen and Duke will take in four cities in four different
states on two sides of the country and attend dozens of different
engagements, including two boat rides, a rainforest walk, a football match
at an aboriginal college and a traditional Australia barbecue. As well as
spending six days in the national capital, the Queen will also meet victims
of the deadly Queensland floods during a day trip to Brisbane, visit a new
hospital and ride a tram in Melbourne and open the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting in Perth.
In the three days since they arrived in Australia, the Queen has already
squeezed in audiences with the Governor-General, prime minister and leader
of the opposition, as well as several public appearances and a even an
impromptu trip on a solar-powered golf cart in search of kangaroos to
photograph in the grounds of Government House.
Then, on top of her official engagements, she is still carrying out her work
as the British head of state, receiving daily government boxes containing
documents that must be read and signed.
Buckingham Palace aides have flatly rejected any suggestion that the monarch
might be slowing down, saying the Queen has more energy “than a lot of us
put together”.
Katy Gallagher, the chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory, which
includes Canberra, has met the royal couple three times since they arrived
in the country, greeting them as they stepped off the plane, showing them
around the Floriade flower festival, and attending a reception held in
honour of the Queen at Parliament House.
Ms Gallagher, 41, said there was nothing to indicate the Queen was drawing
away from public duties or saying her final goodbyes to the nation.
“Every time I have had the opportunity to meet them they have both seemed very
energetic,” she said.
“I do public functions myself and they are draining, even if you only have one
or two, but the Queen and Duke have a very full programme.
“I saw them after they arrived after the longest flight possible and they
didn’t miss a step.
“It’s a very difficult flight, changing time zones, but when they landed they
looked impeccable, they got off the plane and got straight into official
duties, it was no small task at all.”
Ms Gallagher is a member of the Labor Party, which supports moves to sever
ties to the British Crown, but her respect and admiration for the Queen is
common among those who believe the country will eventually become a republic.
Before the Queen arrived in Australia, a poll showed that support for a
republic was at a 23-year low, and, considering the warm welcome given to
the royal couple, you could be forgiven for thinking that the real question
is not when but if the nation will ever decide to cut its links to the
throne.
Michael Keating, the chairman of the Australian Republican Movement, admitted
that, these days, Australia becoming a republic is no sure thing.
“People who think it’s inevitable are suffering from wishful thinking, nothing
that’s worthwhile attaining is inevitable,” he said.
“Queen Elizabeth is a respected person and it is nice to have her here, but
the republic issue shouldn’t be about Queen Elizabeth or the Windsor family,
it should be about Australians and what we want for ourselves.”
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