King Charles III spent two terms at Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus, where he was embraced by students as one of their own
Burnham remembers how Charles’s bodyguard – a police officer – would drive the future king of England around in a Holden station wagon.As Sandy Maconochie, who also attended Timbertop in 1966, says: “He wasn’t a celebrity. He became one of us and we just related to him like we would any other of our peers.”
Burnham remembers that ease at which King Charles integrated into the local Mansfield community, sometimes accompanying the Timbertop staff to collect milk and meat for meals from local farmers.“He was only a kid and he needed a fair go.”Photograph: Russell Boyce/REUTERS The couple returned in 1985 to celebrate the state of Victoria’s 150th anniversary, attending a charity concert with Molly Meldrum and Flemington racecourse for the Melbourne Cup. He visited again in 1988 for Australia’s bicentenary.
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