Clarence House in London

I care little for the British royal family who, by extension, are also the royal family of Australia, a phrase that has never made sense to me whatsoever. Even the king himself expressed surprised that we weren’t a republic yet. The only thing we have going for us is that the royals have only overturned one democratically elected government in our history. Also that we can commensurate with the Canadians, Kiwis, and many others. Where was I going with this? Recently I read that King Charles III and Queen Camilla (I think that’s their names, don’t email me) decided to remain living in Clarence House, instead of the sprawling Buckingham Palace in London. This isn’t entirely unprecedented; I remember reading that Queen Liz wasn’t partial to that palace either. It was cold, dreary, and had a draught. But the new royals don’t even intend to move back in after renovations to Buckingham Palace in London to, presumably, address the aforementioned cold, dreariness, and draught. Instead, the…