Prince William was in France on Saturday with a special guest: his eldest child, Prince George. George has become a regular at sporting events in the UK, but George’s appearance at the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal was his first overseas sporting event. William and George watched Wales vs. Argentina. Argentina won, which made me think back… has George ever attended a sporting event where his team or the national team won? He went to the Euros final and Britain lost. He went to the Ashes and it was a draw (with Australia retaining the Ashes).
Anyway, I have no idea what to say here. I feel bad for George. This was the first day of his autumn school vacation and the poor kid had to wear a tie and a suit jacket. Let the kid wear a sweater and some chinos! Let him wear a team jersey! The purpose of George and Will both wearing red ties was because red is the color of the Welsh team. They weren’t doing some kind of father-and-son twinning thing.
I assume that William and George flew private to Marseille, just as William and Kate flew separately and privately to the previous Rugby World Cup matches last month. Of course that’s not mentioned in any reporting though! They’re also not mentioning William’s refusal to support the Lionesses when they made it to the Women’s World Cup final.
Update: I’ve added a tweet with the “scolding” photos below. I think Page Six is just trying to create a story, honestly. William just waves his finger around at everyone.
Prince William appears to scold Prince George, 10, at Rugby World Cup 2023 https://t.co/cQN0rP6xqH pic.twitter.com/kDtbHec4Qr
— Page Six (@PageSix) October 14, 2023
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Omg, they’ve gone full windsor on him. Blue chinos, dark blue sports jacket, please tell me he wasn’t wearing blue or suede shoes lol.
I’m torn on appearances like this. Do I think most 10 year old boys would enjoy it? Probably, even if they weren’t the biggest rugby fans. Do I feel like George went so it wasn’t as obvious that Kate and William didn’t attend together? Also yes.
(Is she going to bring charlotte to the game today??)
Definitely seems overdressed for watching a sports event. A tie???! I question how much he would have enjoyed himself when he is paraded around like a show pony and no doubt being scrutinized by the press and everyone else. I don’t like the way the parents use their children like this.
Hopefully this is a box with a dresscode… Peggers is so irrelevant without Khate that he can’t go alone and risk being invisible and uninteresting. He prefers to push out poor georgie for some press attention
I knew somebody would say there’s a dress code. No, there isn’t. One man in the row below them isn’t wearing a tie, another isn’t wearing a jacket; one man in the row behind them isn’t wearing jacket but rather a sweater & Wales scarf. No, this is stuffy Windsor nonsense.
Ridiculously over dressed. They never read the room…
Was at that game on Saturday. France has been unseasonably hot and humid this week, and Saturday was no different. I was wearing shorts and a thin Tee. Cannot imagine wearing a whole suit.
Felt bad for Wales, but the Argentinians fans were a lot of fun.
LOL & Thank you @BeanieBean. I knew it was coming too! Just like someone saying it was an official event. Does that mean George is an official working royal now at the age of 10?
So, claims have been made that Pegs and his wife want to ‘modernize the monarchy & be more relatable’. Their decisions/choices have been to discuss eggplant emojis as a fave, spicy curry causing unattractive sweating and possible bottom pinching by women/WOC.? Dumba$$es.
The two of them showing up wearing team sweaters/jumpers/jerseys is far more relatable than sharing a fetish for eggplant emojis. Especially if Wills wants to attempt conquering the USA. (he can’t and won’t unless it involves a paid for his popularity poll).
Let George be a kid at least. Shaking hands with older men whilst wearing a suit & tie doesn’t make him their equal on any level (same can be said about Will). If they really want to be relatable-stop being so constipated with the suit & tie schtick. Seriously. At best, George’s peers feel sorry for him. At worst, they’re like ‘whatever, he’s already told us he’s the future future king and he’s not one of us’. imo
I don’t understand why they don’t let George wear a jersey for these types of events. He’s a kid and he can cheer for Wales. Wearing a suit to a sports event is out of touch doing it as an adult but even more so for a kid. They are distancing George from “regular” kids and they didn’t need to. There are enough other events where he will be wearing a suit.
Making him wear a suit and tie to sporting events is THE WORST. It’s so unnecessary! Everyone knows exactly who he is, he doesn’t need to dress like a tiny diplomat to prove anything, ffs. I was too little to remember for sure, but I don’t recall Diana making her sons dress up in freaking suits and ties for events like this. Poor kid.
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see “scolding” in those photos— it looks from their expressions like William is excitedly explaining something to George? One thing that’s obvious is that Bill certainly looks a lot happier and more relaxed without Kate there.
Has not PW demonstrated over and over again that his concept of being a statesman is showing up, poorly and oddly dressed, having pictures, and having a constipated face?
So of course that is what he will groom George to do. PW probably thinks the day was a great success and G is doing an excellent job of being a mini-me.
Except he isn’t most 10 year old boys.
Young heirs-to-heirs from other countries show up dressed in team jerseys.
No excuse for the ridiculous kid-in-a-suit obsession from W&K.
I know you think you’re Queen Bee of all things royal, but maybe, just maybe…he likes the suits? It is possible. I loved pantsuits when I was young, although I was admittedly teased occasionally.
My point though is that he ISNT wearing a suit. He’s wearing the Wales non suit uniform – blue chinos and a dark blue suit jacket. I think a suit would have actually looked BETTER.
To be fair, my children were born and raised in the uk (we are American) and their daily attire always included a tie and trousers and a blazer. They were better dressed than my husband. I found it odd, but if that is literally what they wear every day then it’s not like he would find it an inconvenience. —- the other stuff, not supporting the women’s team was absolutely shit.
Were they dressing that way due to a school uniform? Then that makes sense. Unless, you are trying to convince us, that children that live in England, are requesting to be dressed in a sport jacket and tie when they wake up. That’s a big LOL NO. Maybe for Halloween.
I have no idea what George’s preferences are. I do have a very good and well grounded idea what kids his age want to wear (big family with very clued in peeps with children George’s age). We are American though-which seems to be a problem with the BRF.
George should have Charlotte with him or a friend from school at where games.
He dresses in a suit and he greets adults with his father with no other children in sight. William should have been bringing Charlotte to some games for father daughter time. He just had Charlotte with him on a video wishing the women’s finalist team well. But could not be bothered to take her to a game.
I think he should be allowed to bring a friend. And whilst I appreciate he is not going to look scruffy I think chinos and a nice jumper would look a lot better on a 9 year old than a suit. Most kids who play rugby at school would give their eye teeth to attend this, but it is a lot of private air miles to go to a match, given Willi couldn’t go to the women’s football FINAL… I appreciate France is nearer, but between them there will have been 4 private return flights, and if England progress no doubt there will be more. Oh… sorry… this is men’s sport isn’t it so that’s ok? LRB
That is hysterical. Of course he can’t bring a friend.
Certain types of parents will subtly interfere with the kid having true peer friends because it’s all the easier to keep the kid on the psychological / dysfunctional island if there aren’t any meaningful peer relationships to distract them or provide a normal relationship comparison point to the dysfunctional parent child one. Besides, to the (cough) certain type of parent, why would the child need friends? After all, the child has the parent to gaze at and absorb from!
William has friends that have families. It’s odd that he doesn’t go with a friend who has a son about George’s age and the four could watch sports. George should be able to have friends go with him
Why do people keep dragging the spare into this? Have we not seen for decades how Harry was used to prop up William, and all he got was abused for it and used as the scapegoat?
Why should Charlotte, who *should not* end up a working royal, have to be dragged around to support her older brother or to prop up her idiot father’s PR? William can have father/daughter time with CC out of the public eye.
I think Pegs is exactly raising Charlotte to be the spare. I bet he and Sausage remind her all the time that it’s her duty to always support George unlike the way their evil uncle Harry who went and had his own life.
I agree that most 10 year old boys would rather be in a jersey and have a friend there but as Suze said up above, he isn’t most 10 year old boys. I think by now he’s probably comfortable enough in a jacket and tie.
Both George and Charlotte should be at BOTH the men’s AND women’s games.
The Wales’ continued sexism around sports is even more antiquated and a worse-look than their old fashion suit-and-tie looks.
Honestly, W&K should be fired from all their sports patronages for setting sports back decades…
Why aren’t you insisting Louis should be at these games?
Harry has set the new standard, neither Charlotte nor Louis will be working royals. If there is even a monarchy around by then.
To repeat. Charlotte should not be used as a prop for her parents or her older brother.
Honestly, the main people I see on forums pushing Charlotte forward? They’re Kate fans who either 1) want George shoved aside for Charlotte or 2) want Charlotte married off to Christian of Denmark so she can be ‘a real queen’. WTF.
I think Carole is looking into a match for Charlotte and eventually advising she go to university attended by a crown Prince
With George showing up I was wondering if the entire family went to Marseille for the weekend? But these are not normal people.
They will certainly pretend they went over together.
Someone managed to confirm the private flights from the airbase near Windsor for the last time they did this. Of course the British media stays quiet on whether or not private jets are used to watch rugby games.
One of the Kate ‘fashion’ blogs (and I write that with a laugh) states they flew on separate private flights out of the Norfolk area (King’s Lynn). William and George flying out-and-back same day. Kate likely doing the same?
No proof that is accurate or if it is a Kate stan (Mummy) trying to deter recent separation talk. Matters not. Wood Farm is open and available for William anytime.
Master Middleton Jr.
George gets treated more special. Why not take george and school friends to amusement parks to have fun and not have to wear.suits and be on display with cameras around
Photo op with George and watching rugby match ✔️✔️. So George could spend a day of vacation watching a rugby game but his jackass father couldn’t take a day or two from his vacation to go watch the women in Australia? I know George will be on vacation but shouldn’t he be at home with Can’t studying for his upcoming test lol?
Well, clearly it must be Will’s “weekend” with George. I wonder if visitation terms were hammered out and are in writing somewhere, or if William just does whateverTF he wants with the kids whenever he wants to? Given who we’re talking about here, I’m guessing it’s the latter. No way does he consider Kate as an equal when it comes to parenting (or anything, for that matter).
I bet it’s in their separation agreement that Willnot gets to decide everything related to George’s public appearances, maybe Charlotte’s as well. They aren’t going to give Kitty as much power as Diana had, but that may mean she gets to keep her life, so…
Since Kate did not take the children with her to the match maybe William took the children someplace yesterday
I saw a story yesterday (in the DM?) about how William was scolding George and a photo of him in George’s face and shaking his finger at him. I don’t know if Will was actually scolding George, but that was the interpretation and the piece went on to talk about how Louis has misbehaved. It seemed weird to me (when is the DM not weird) – were they trying to show William as a good dad or a bad dad?
Saw it repeated on MSN. The picture could look like scolding or it could look like PW is pointing something out to George. Either way, PW needs to learn to keep his fingers out of someone else’s face. Apparently he didn’t learn from Meghan. George looked like he was rolling his eyes, whatever PW was saying. He probably learned that move from Kate.
It doesn’t look like scolding to me, it looks like he is explaining the game to his son. I get that most everyone on the royal posts don’t like the Wales, but a man took his son to a game & was in a suite with a dress code, oh & whether they like it or not people will look at them. When my husband & I go to Arsenal games at Emirates, we sit in an area where there is a code of dress & conduct.
Honestly, it’s not clear at all that William was scolding George. It’s this kind of stuff that makes me feel bad for George. He’s the only kid sitting with a bunch of adults and his interactions will all be dissected. Either way though, the bigger issue is that the image evokes other moments. So many people have read spare and know that Meghan asked William to kindly remove his finger from her face while scolding her for saying the word hormones. Meanwhile his favorite emoji is the eggplant. So whatever.
Yes, it didn’t seem clear to me, either, but I thought it was strange because the kids should be off-limits. Instead of a nice father/son outing they turned it into a commentary on parenting – Will scolding George, Kate not being able to control Louis.
A couple in love would book a nice hotel in Marseilles for the weekend and then attend the separate matches and come back to each other. Not William and Kate are though, they’d rather make two separate round trips
Where is the photo of William scolding George with his finger pointing at his face ?
He seems to have a habit of putting his finger in his family’s face .
It was in the dm yesterday.
The story is in Page Six and the “incriminating” photos are not that persuasive.
His finger is not pointing in child’s face; it’s off to the side as if he’s calling his attention to something on the field, imo.
@Libra, that’s what I’m seeing, too. William’s expression doesn’t look like he’s angry (for once), imo it seems like he was just explaining something to George. Maybe they tried to turn it into a “scolding” in an attempt to show that William isn’t just some Disneyland Dad, he’s a hands-on disciplinarian 🙄
Poor George.
It’s clear William is merely pointing out something important and explaining it to George. George looks happy and engaged and William has a smile on his face so enough of this “scolding” nonsense.
I’m another one who doesn’t think it was scolding, just looks like he’s pointing something out to him, but I DO think it’s interesting that picture, which can be interpreted negatively, got posted online at all.
For all the crap we hear about the Wailses trying to give their kids a “normal”, down-to-earth, middle class upbringing, the way they dress them contradicts that. Who makes a little boy dress up to go to a sporting event? Even if the adults around him are expected to do so (which is also weird to me, but whatever), most people would consider it acceptable for a kid to wear a team jersey, or at the most “formal”, a sweater and pants in team colors or something similar. And we only ever see Charlotte in dresses, and Louis is usually in that aristo-kid uniform of a sweater with short pants. I honestly wonder if any of the kids even owns a pair of jeans.
George is not a normal boy. He is the only child in the world who is heir to the throne of England. His parents can try all they want but nothing changes that fact. Charlotte already knows this and has been seen giving him hints and behavior cues at public functions. Charlotte may be turn out to be the only adult in the family who can read the room. She “gets” it.
Kids with that ability tend to get it from having to be hyper vigilant at home and to read entire emotional potential possibilities from body language and micro expressions.
Charlotte hopefully got it another way. But both spares having it …. That says a LOT.
@moxylady007; astute observation and I agree with your entire post.
Agreed, MoxyLady.
Yes, I am the child of a very high ranking (now retired) military officer and diplomat, who spent much of my life at ceremonies, public events, and parties in my home and elsewhere. The Wales kids reflect three common archetypes for those of us who grew up in that life. Sadly, Charlotte’s hypervigilance and hypermaturity may look admirable from the outside (and it is) but it often reflects a pressured life of being the “good” child in a stressful and chaotic situation. The golden child can do no wrong and just has to show up and not fall over, the poorly behaved child can and will pull focus, and all of the scrutiny and stress tests even the strongest marriage, and when the marriage isn’t strong, the “good” kid plays peacemaker, rushes in to lessen the load, tries to never add to the problem, and that often develops into some problematic people pleasing and even co-dependent habits (often with the more stressed parent or the golden child who need/demand one-way support and help at all times). I look at Charlotte and I don’t see a “wonderful” maturity and sense of her responsibility, I see a lot of damage in the making.
She may navigate it well, like Anne, to all outward appearances, but trust, it’s not a good thing for a child to be a mini-adult.
Well said, @linden. This really explains a lot. Thank you for sharing your insider experience.
I don’t follow sports at all, but does anyone dress like this for sporting events in the US, except for maybe (?) a team’s owner or something? Either way, even if it’s expected of certain adults for some strange reason, George should be exempt and be allowed to dress like a regular kid.
I imagine there are strict dress codes in the royal box and ties and jackets are protocol. But it’s not like he’s being put in a straight jacket FFS, he’s used to wearing a jacket and tie.
I have never been to a sporting event in the U.S. with a dress code of any kind.
It’s rugby , not the opera . And as others mentioned , he doesn’t look like a prince, just a short man in a suit with a striking resemblance to the Middletons. Poor chap .
George always looking like some assistant bank manager in some backwater branch, poor kid.
The Danes let their kids wear team sweaters and scarves, same for the Spanish girls. Even the adults wear comfortable clothes like jeans and sweaters. Little Oscar of Sweden wore a complete team kit the other day for the reception of the Swedish Women’s Football (soccer) team at the palace, while Estelle wore a cute dress.
It’s only the Brits who do these stuffy, formal clothes for events like this.
What’s wrong with them? Do they really believe they need to be kinging at all times, or the peasants wouldn’t be suitably impressed?
I truly think your last sentence is probably the closest to the reason why they do this. Although I’d expect it more from Kate…William doesn’t feel the same need to constantly be asserting his place in the class system like she does. But maybe Kate was the one who got him dressed today before William picked him up?
No matter what the reason is, it’s insane. I can’t imagine the British public would freak out if their FFK dressed like a normal child to attend a sporting event.
I think this is a photo op but I also think it’s William’s lazy way to prepare George for the throne. Meet and greets with adults but George still looks ill at ease. That prep work should have been done sooner like in other monarchies where the crown heir/heiress starts young as in as soon they are out of diapers. Princees Leonor of Spain and Princess Elizabeth of Belguim are in the military. Princess Cathralina Amalia of the Netherlands attended the opening of the Dutch parliament along with her young sister Princess Ariane. I don’t see George being prepared for such events in the UK.
This is so true. None of their events meeting people seems to be done in a way that ushers the kids into the spotlight in a healthy way. George has never been able to dress normal and meet these people as “Dad’s son” as if it were “Bring your kids to work” day. He always meets people as “the heir,” and thus is himself working. This is why he’s always dressed up and can’t bring a friend…because he has to be presented as the future king. It’s weird. Are they being prepared to speak in other languages? George should be fluent by now and can make some small talk on visits. But the bar is already in hell for his parents, so I’m not expecting the bare minimum for his education either.
Except for the occasional sightings, we really don’t know anything about George. According to his school website, when it comes to languages, he should be studying French and Latin. But there are many other subjects that would make him a well-rounded person, too. Maybe he’s a good student, maybe he isn’t – but it looks like the opportunities are there.
The opportunities have always been there for the Windsors, but the latest generation has been shockingly *dumb* compared to other royals. You’d think William would see George’s royal peers and would try to do more so his own son/children don’t end up like him, but he probably doesn’t see anything wrong.
If the kids could fluently speak another language, we would have heard this by now. I don’t think they can, but I hope this changes. Unfortunately, I could see their parents impeding their learning so that they aren’t able to communicate in a language they can’t understand.
@Lemons – Well, Elizabeth wasn’t a brain trust, either, and she also seemed to have limited interests. I think Charles and Harry have been the exceptions to the general mediocrity of the Windsors. At age 10 and not being brought up in a multi-lingual household with regular conversation, I can’t imagine that George would be fluent in French, but it’s a required subject in his school, so he must be learning something of the language.
The thing is that George has an awful lot to learn. We might think the monarchy is moldy and useless, but he’s going to inherit an incredibly complex institution with an ancient and problematic past – French will be the least of it.
Is that a bunch of snotty sour pusses or what? Poor George. Being forced to wear a suit & tie and hang out with those creeps is child abuse.
To be fair, in those black and whites taken at Frogmore, where the Sussexes are walking away from the camera, and toward their home, Archie is wearing a suit. And he’s at home.
Sorry to be pedantic but it was England in the Euros they went to watch not Britain…there is no way on gods green earth that William would ever got to support a Scotland team in any sporting comp (thankfully for us!)
I bet Chuck told Willnot Scotland was “his”, decades ago, and that’s where Won’t got the idea it was appropriate to claim parts of the world and philanthropic acts as personally belonging to him.
William has a Muppett face. Anyone else see that? Uptight like Sam the Eagle!
I see Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.
@Susan–lol, yes!
If they’re all in Marseille together, then why wouldn’t Keen just tag along to this game and then go and watch the England match on her lonesome? These people are so not normal.
Hmmm, maybe he took George to sit in Kate’s place?
I thought that! I’m watching the England match now and it appears Keen hasn’t brought Charlotte, which proves my point. He can’t stand her.
Charlotte seems to be left out. No reason William could not have brought her to the game along with George or Charlotte could have gone with her mother to the second game.
Charlotte should not be used as a public prop for either her parents or her older brother.
She was in the public eye from the day she was born and as the spare, destined to be the prop for the heir and sadly, the parents. This is the hand she was dealt . We can discuss forever if it’s right or wrong, but for now this is her reality. She can decide as an adult how to play that hand, but for now this is her reality.
Depressing and extremely accurate, Libra. Charlotte and Louis are screwed, until they are adults.
Look at Page Six stirring up controversy, lol. It looks like Peg is saying something inappropriate, probably about eggplants.
“Probably about eggplants” 😂
That valet/stylist is clearly failing at the job unless, Peg is refusing to take his sartorial advice
That kid never looks happy in these situations, it sucks that he’s going to be put into them more and more often.
Those kids never make eye contact with their parents. They always looked traumatized or uptight to me.
That’s what I think
I always think back to the joke that George looked like the monopoly banker. I agree he should not be in a suit
I see shades of Diana in George’s face, I hope Charles and Camilla see it too.
He has the middleton eyes. I don’t see much of Diana maybe more Windsor features.william lost his resemblance to his mother.
All I see is Mike and James Middleton. With Louie Anderson thrown in as posters have said.
notasugarhere, I agree with you completely. All I see is Kate’s father. Interesting how I never see any obsessives comments about wether Williams kids look like him. But even among Sussex stans, I never see a photo of A&L without questions and comments about whether they look like Harry.
All I see is James Middleton.
All I see is singer Robert Palmer.
After looking at QEII’s father in his youth, I see King George V, especially in the eyes/eyebrows.
is it an official event? idk, i’m of two minds about this. if he dressed casual, some people who are traditionalists/old/mean will say he looks sloppy at a semi-official event and how could a prince look so casual. if he dresses in suit/tie, we are saying parental abuse bc he’s being forced to wear suit/tie. no winning and i think suit/tie is the safe choice honestly. tbh i have no idea what it’s like to raise a future king of england. so…i feel like the normal parenting rules are hard to apply here. this kid is going to be in suit/ties for the rest of his life and with people constantly taking pictures. it’s hard to protect him from this forever, and throwing him into this life without any introduction when he’s young when he becomes a teenager also seems cruel. sigh…kind of hard to see why anyone chooses this life…glad H and M took their kids away from this circus
Harry and William were allowed to dress more casually and I recall on various outings their cousins and friends came along.
I think that was Diana’s influence. I bet Chuck started walking it back the second she died.
Young heirs from other countries have shown up in team gear for years at these types of events. They’re not attacked.
William and Kate have chosen to raise him this poorly. There are plenty of other royal families who have done – and are doing – better jobs. All W&K have to do is open their eyes and bother to care more about their kids than they care about their own PR.
i don’t think other countries heirs are nearly as scrutinized as the UK royals…at least not internationally, can’t speak for within their country. there’s pics of george other other events in casual clothes (official holiday cards, some field day event, etc). so not sure why he’s in a suit here. which is why i thought this was an official event of some sort.
Yeah, hangonamin, but that’s because no other country with “royalty” tosses them around the world, expecting them to be global statesmen. It’s only the Windsors who are intent on remaining relevant, everywhere on Earth.
See also: The British media. They really want to be all things, to everyone on the planet, from their tiny, Salty island.
He is in a suit and always given the finest because he is the heir and groomed to be a cut above his peers and one day sit on the Throne. He is not any ordinary kid, will hold a glorified position in society and will never be treated as ordinary. When he met President Obama, he wore bedroom slippers, proper pajamas and a robe embroidered with his name. He is intentionally being raised this way.
Yes
George is being raised like children in Edwardian and Victorian ages . Hardly modern or down to earth
Hmmmnn, “hold a glorified position in society”? George is not going to be a deity. He is going to be the head of an ever-dwindling cult. I am pretty sure that by the time George becomes King, if a monarchy still exists, we will know much more about just how perverse, vindictive, criminal, etc that family really is/was. George needs to be prepared for a possible life outside of any Firm.
I hope that George does not buy into the notion that he is in a glorified position . I think his parents are going about his lessons as future monarch in the wrong way. He needs to get an education and make friends his own age.
I agree with you, but I fear these cruel courtiers are still living in the past.
Oh god England have weaseled their way into the semi-final, they’re going to get full Invictus Games cosplay on us.
Bare shoulders? Hugs for the athletes? Ditching the wigs and padding? No, that last one went a bit too far.
Only northern hemisphere team in the semis, deal with it lol (on a serious note, genuinely gutted for Ireland and France).
France losing by just one point was the worst and I’m pretty sure everybody in France now roots for New Zealand ahah.
Will is such a pill. He looks like the most uptight dad, whether scolding in this situation or not.
Poor little rich kids.
George may not be monarch until he is in his sixties. He needs to get an education. Before doing royal work
So George pretty much has zero chance of being normal.
😂💯
Exactly.
“Argentina won, which made me think back… has George ever attended a sporting event where his team or the national team won? He went to the Euros final and Britain lost. He went to the Ashes and it was a draw (with Australia retaining the Ashes).”
—George is slated to become head of state of Australia, so an Australian win should be fine.
There’s almost zero chance George will be HOS of Australia. By the time Willy hits the throne, Australia will be gone. Given we just had a massively failed referendum, the HOS question won’t happen yet, but it will happen.