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Boy of 3 pulls no punches as the Queen visits kindergarten(Electronic Telegraph)
By Barbie Dutter in Busselton
THE simplest of childish questions left the Queen nonplussed yesterday when a three-year-old boy asked her: "What's your name?"
Sol Masters, clearly oblivious to the importance of the royal visitors touring his kindergarten, had already caused a commotion by reducing a four-year-old classmate to tears with a whack to her head. The Queen seemed happy to forgive the child's ignorance of her identity and admired the drawings of Sol and his classmates at Vasse Primary School in Busselton, Western Australia.
But the boy continued his quest to find out what the colourfully dressed visitor was called. Standing up, he asked again: "What's your name?" The Queen, somewhat unused to this line of questioning, opted not to answer and continued her inspection of the school. Highly embarrassed, the class teacher, Sue Merry, explained that Sol had arrived at the school only two days earlier and had missed months of preparations for the Queen's visit.
Later, at a school assembly, Prince Philip was transfixed by a scrap between two boys in the second row. His attention dimmed when a teacher moved in to settle the dispute. Around 6,000 people turned out to welcome the Queen to Busselton, a popular seaside resort 150 miles south of Perth that she first visited in 1954.
As she arrived, a spontaneous rendition of God Save The Queen struck up, led by 72-year-old Ken Davis, who arrived 50 years ago from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Mr Davis, whose corgi, Laddie, sported a Union flag on his collar, said: "There is an element in Australia that is trying to ease out the British style of living, which I am not happy about because I am a staunch monarchist."
The Queen was shown a display of bush plants used by Aborigines as traditional medicine, including the "snotty gobble", a rub for burns, bites and other skin complaints. Delivering the final speech of her 16-day Australian tour, the Queen - who departs for Britain this afternoon - once again alluded to the inevitability of constitutional change.
Addressing around 600 people at a state reception hosted by the Western Australian premier, Richard Court, she said: "Prince Philip and I have been given the warmest of welcomes from everybody we have met, whatever views and aspirations they might have for the future of this country." She said she was confident that young Australians were growing up "in a nation that honours its past, is excited by the present and has vision for the future".
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The Queen ends tour honouring Australia's war veterans(Yahoo: ABC)
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have ended their two week tour of Australia with a sombre ceremony at Kings Park in Perth to honour the nation's war veterans.
At least 10,000 people crowded around the state war memorial, overlooking Perth and the Swan River, to glimpse the Queen complete her offical duties on tour.
After inspecting a guard of honour the Queen lit the Flame of Remembrance and laid wreaths at the memorial dedicated to Australian veterans.
The royal couple then departed quickly for the airport, to board a flight for Singapore, their Australian tour completed.
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Fifties look out of favour(UK Times)
IT SEEMS that the Queen's wardrobe for the Australian trip has not gone down too well - not the lilac she wore in Canberra, nor the green jacket and fuchsia hat she modelled in Victoria, and certainly not the yellow she wore in Sydney (Lisa Armstrong writes). Even the floral suit on display in Bourke, New South Wales, did not appeal to her critics, who fear that she may be entering an unbecoming 1950s phase. In many ways it is unfair. When it comes to practicality and suitability (the pillars of traditional British style) the Queen cannot be faulted. Her specially weighted skirts may billow gently in the occasional hurricane, but that is about as dangerous as things get. Nowadays that is not enough: Queens, like footballers, are expected to compete in the fashion stakes.
Many 70-year-old women look splendid in the latest fashions, but if Her Majesty turned up in Helmut Lang or Yoji Yamamoto it would not be convincing. She sticks to the house of Sir Hardy Amies and also favours the work of John Anderson. The Queen has rarely shown any interest in fashion: the 1950s were probably the last time that she followed trends; one circular skirt caused quite a sensation. The fact that today she digs out 1950s relics is rather appealing (she wore a diamond studded brooch in Sydney given to her in 1954 by Robert Menzies, then Australia's Prime Minister). In doing so she is not only being thoughtful but doing what many women of a certain age do and reviving the time when she felt she looked her best.