{"id":114023,"date":"2024-10-14T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T04:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114023"},"modified":"2024-10-14T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T04:49:47","slug":"australians-sell-farewell-tour-merch-ahead-of-royal-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114023","title":{"rendered":"Australians sell &#8216;farewell tour&#8217; merch ahead of royal visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) has launched a campaign branding King Charles&#8217;s upcoming visit to the country as the &#8220;farewell tour&#8221; of the British monarchy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They say the tongue-in-check push &#8211; which includes a merchandise collection &#8211; is aimed at sparking debate about the role of the Crown in modern Australia, but monarchists say it is offensive. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The tour, from 18 to 26 October, marks the first royal visit down under in more than a decade and will be King Charles&#8217;s longest trip since his cancer diagnosis. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It also comes a year after Australia&#8217;s unsuccessful <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-62374703\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Voice to Parliament referendum<!-- --><\/a>, which many say has stalled momentum for another referendum.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Referendums are the only way to change Australia&#8217;s constitution and have an 80% failure rate.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The nation held one on the question of becoming a republic once before in 1999, which failed, however public support for the movement has grown since then.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On satirical posters, T-shirts, beer coasters and other paraphernalia, ARM&#8217;s campaign depicts the King, Queen and Prince of Wales as aging rock stars and urges Australians &#8220;young and old&#8221; to &#8220;wave goodbye to royal reign&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;We expect a full-time, fully committed head of state whose only allegiance is to us \u2013 a unifying symbol at home and abroad,&#8221; the movement&#8217;s Co-Chair Esther Anatolitis said in a statement on Monday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;It\u2019s time for Australia to say \u2018thanks, but we\u2019ve got it from here\u2019,&#8221; she added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The organisation cited research it commissioned suggesting 92% of Australians are either &#8220;supporters of a republic&#8221; or &#8220;open to it&#8221;, as well as a finding that at least 40% of people surveyed didn&#8217;t know the country&#8217;s head of state was a foreign monarch.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Independent polling paints a different picture though, with one survey suggesting that roughly 35% of people want to remain a constitutional monarchy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Australian Monarchist League (AML) has described the ARM polling as &#8220;inflated&#8221;, while also criticising its new campaign as &#8220;terribly disrespectful to Charles given his ongoing cancer battle&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He should be applauded for his bravery, not insulted,\u201d National Chairman Philip Benwell said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister is a long-term republican but his government put any plans to hold a vote on breaking away from the British monarchy <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-67916228\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">on ice earlier this year<!-- --><\/a>, saying it was no longer a priority issue.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Over the weekend, King Charles confirmed he had exchanged letters with the ARM ahead of his visit, reiterating the palace&#8217;s longstanding policy that it was up to Australians to make decisions about their future. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Constitutional votes in Australia are rare and difficult to pass, requiring a &#8216;double majority&#8217; 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