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Ciara Smart, PhD candidate in Irish-Australian Colonial History, University of Tasmania

Royal visits to Australia can be disaster magnets. In the first one, the prince barely made it out alive

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A drawn scene depicts the attempted assassination of Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1868. Trove

It’s official: the royals are returning down under. King Charles and Queen Camilla are scheduled to visit Australia and Samoa in October, attending events in Canberra and New South Wales (with more details to come).

Royal visits are designed to communicate a curated vision of imperial loyalty, but have always been a flashpoint for tension. In fact, the first royal visit to Australia was a disaster. It cost the lives of several people and exposed deep social divisions. The prince himself narrowly escaped assassination.

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