Four-year-old ballerina Georgina Box launched their majesties’ royal tour with a perfectly executed curtsy on a day of pomp, distraction and clashing ideology.
The four-year-old ballerina had rehearsed in her room for days, and kept working on it until showtime on Sunday. “The kids’ church leaders said they’d been waiting for 20 minutes, and she was practising for that 20 minutes,” said her mother Laura.Rohan Kelly
Each venue could have accommodated many more, but those who came were enthusiastic. There was Melburnian Lynton Martin, who wore a jacket covered in Union Jacks and a brooch reading “Long Live the King”.There was Elizabeth Kenny, who went royal spotting on her birthday and was rewarded by a brief meeting that left her shaking. There were mother and daughter Magali Latchoumanin and Sunny, 11, who travelled 15 hours from a French-speaking island near South Africa to be part of history.
Earlier this year, Raffel described the Church of England’s decision to allow blessings of same-sex couples as “a grievous abrogation of its responsibility to uphold the primacy of scripture in the life and ministry of the church.” MPs from both sides of politics described it as a memorable event. Even some of the Greens were there, said one. “We may all be pro-republic, but acknowledge this is a very special occasion for the parliament, and we want to be a part of it,” said one Labor MP on the condition of anonymity, so they could speak freely.
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