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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

High teas, screenings and ‘total apathy’: how Australia is marking King Charles’s coronation

A souvenir stall near Big Ben in London in the lead-up to King Charles’s coronation
A souvenir stall near Big Ben in London in the lead-up to King Charles’s coronation. The Australian PM, Anthony Albanese, says he plans to swear allegiance to the king despite being a ‘lifelong republican’. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

On the night of King Charles III’s coronation, the co-chair of the Australian Republican Movement is planning to watch some classic British comedy.

Craig Foster even has the movie picked out: Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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