One aspect of Sir Michael Parkinson's Australia Day speech last night at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music was the inevitable subject of whether Australia should become a republic after the failed republican campaign led by Malcolm Turnbull in 2000 was defeated in a referendum before the Australian people.
Parky leans to the left of politics- born in working class Yorkshire and the son of a miner- he once told the Shuttle in 1998 over dinner in response to the question of what he thought of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher :
"she was a perfect example of total power corrupting. I'm with the Queen on this-she couldn't stand Maggie !"
Sir Michael reckons that Australia, where he is spending more and more time in retirement , should become a republic but not until after the death of his favourite Royal, HRH Queen Elizabeth 11.
And the reason ?. "Just think" said Parky, "and you should put this jingle to the tune of The Beatles
"We all Live in A Yellow Submarine":
"your -next -Queen- is- Camilla- Parker- Bowles, -Camilla -Parker -Bowles ".
If you have forgotten the tune-here is the original:
Parky leans to the left of politics- born in working class Yorkshire and the son of a miner- he once told the Shuttle in 1998 over dinner in response to the question of what he thought of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher :
Sir Michael reckons that Australia, where he is spending more and more time in retirement , should become a republic but not until after the death of his favourite Royal, HRH Queen Elizabeth 11.
And the reason ?. "Just think" said Parky, "and you should put this jingle to the tune of The Beatles
"We all Live in A Yellow Submarine":
"your -next -Queen- is- Camilla- Parker- Bowles, -Camilla -Parker -Bowles ".
If you have forgotten the tune-here is the original:
