Australians for Constitutional Monarchy

In the years leading up to the 1999 referendum, the republican movement, and its supporters in the media, tried to neutralize those who do not want the constitutional system to be overthrown, and the Flag changed.

Their principal weapon was ridicule, and accusing them of un-Australian attachments.

They had some success in that, forcing some into a spiral of silence. But this did not stop the referendum being defeated, and defeated by a landslide.

We should never be embarrassed to defend our heritage against the elites who would denigrate everything Australian.

Nor should we take too much notice of republicans who are so often ill-informed.

During the referendum one senior republican politician asked in a speech at the NSW Public Library:

“Why can’t we become a republic - after all Canada has!”

And when it came to the Commonwealth of Nations, none of them had done their homework. Even the then Attorney-General did not seem to be aware of the procedure required to stay in the Commonwealth.

How then could Australians trust a movement which has had on offer two variations of the Keating-Turnbull republic, and now the Latham model?

Having said no to the Keating Turnbull republic, Australians should rejoice in the institutions which have made us what we are.

The provision in the constitutional drafts which attracted the strongest public support at the time of federation was the provision that the Constitution was made “ Humbly relying on the Blessings of Almighty God”

With the emergence of republicanism among some of the clergy, even among some anglican clergy who had sworn an oath of allegiance , it was encouraging to see the following pledge of loyalty to the Crown:

According to Andrew Alderson, writing in the London Daily Telegraph of 29 October, 2005 (Prince Charles To Plead Islam's Cause To Bush), Prince Charles will try to persuade President George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam.

The Prince leaves with the Duchess of Cornwall on Tuesday for an eight-day tour of the US. According to the Telegraph, while expressing sympathy for America over the 9/11 terrorist attack, he is concerned over America's "confrontational" approach to Muslim countries and its failure to appreciate Islam's strengths.

He ventilated his concerns at a meeting with senior Muslims in London in November 2001. Those present included Sir Iqbal Sacrani, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, and Hashir Faruqi, the chief editor of Impact International, an Islamic affairs magazine.

The Telegraph understands that Prince Charles did not - and does not - believe that the actions of 19 hijackers should tarnish the reputation of hundreds of millions of law-abiding Muslims around the world.

Her son’s lawyer said this was a spontaneous reaction, and that Mrs Nguyen had given him a two-page letter in Vietnamese to translate and send to The Queen.

"When I saw Mr. John Howard on TV (saying) that he had already tried, I was so sad, I was thinking `What can I do?'" Ms Nguyen said, in a statement through her lawyer.

"We still have a Queen; the Australian country is still a brother with England... I think, `Elizabeth is Queen, I will write her a letter'."

"She is a beautiful lady, she has a heart of love and care and I believe she will help me."

In the years leading up to the 1999 referendum, the republican movement, and its supporters in the media, tried to neutralize those who do not want the constitutional system to be overthrown, and the Flag changed.

Their principal weapon was ridicule, and accusing them of un-Australian attachments.