AUSTRALIA owes much to the late Prince Philip, who was born about a hundred years ago on a dining room table in Corfu, prior to being smuggled out of Greece in a fruit crate. His parents were dysfunctional, his family had to live in exile, they had no money, and practicably speaking he became an orphan at a young age after his mother was scheduled and his father (who was a poor type) basically abandoned him and eloped with a series of mistresses.
WE OWE them, our dear Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip, a debt greater than they would ever claim and we shall ever know. With the departure of that great and heroic Prince, Philip, we are reminded of how our ancient monarchy is now dedicated, as the Queen indicated when she attained her 21st year, to our service and the service of the great family to which we all belong, the Commonwealth.
THE Abbott Government was dishonestly and deliberately sabotaged by an angry Australian media after Prince Philip was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour in 2015.
The uncontained fury from Canberra’s pro-republic press gallery became so severe it laid bare their agenda to tear down the then Prime Minister.
