“In an age of performative celebrity, the Queen embodied quiet dignity,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the late monarch’s official memorial service in Canberra.
runner-up Anthony Callea sang the national anthem. The Australian Girls Choir performed the Queen’s wedding hymn, Psalm 23 .
Most of the current members of parliament were in attendance, but Greens senator Lidia Thorpe instead marched in an “abolish the monarchy” rally in Melbourne. “In an age of performative celebrity, the Queen embodied quiet dignity,” Albanese said. “In an era of fads and fashionable causes, the Queen did not seek to chase the times.”
While he said the Queen was a largely unifying figure, Hurley noted her death had “prompted different reactions for some in our community”.
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