Thanks to a francophone website, the RadicalRoyalist learned of a visit of HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO to Melbourne.
The visit was mentioned on Government House's vice regal notes:
Friday, 27th January 2012
HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO, arrived to stay at Government House. The Governor, Alex Chernov AC QC, received HRH The Duke of Kent.
The Governor and Mrs Chernov dined with HRH The Duke of Kent
Monday, 30th January 2012
HRH The Duke of Kent departed Government House.
He came to Melbourne in his capacity as Patron of the Royal Institute of Australia, as President of the All England Tennis and Croquet Club, home of the Wimbledon tennis championships, and as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Duke has been involved in the development and communication of science and innovation over a long period, both as President of the UK’s oldest centre of science communication The Royal Institution and in supporting innovation in particular its contribution to economic growth. There have been a number of examples of recent joint success in both Great Britain and Victoria, notably in Melbourne.
At a lunch, organised by the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, His Royal Highness gave a talk on his experience in science communication and innovation.
This royal visit escaped our attention since The Age stopped publishing vice-regal notes last April. When questioned on the reasons for the discontinued publication this reply was sent:
In all honesty, I don't know why we no longer publish vice-regal. I would assume it's do with the limited space in the paper, as opposed to the unlimited space available on the internet, but that's just an educated guess. I will, however, ask around, and if anyone can tell me definitively I'll let you know.
A second mail never arrived.
I wasn't aware that Vice Regal notices were no longer published. As an idea why not set them up on a Twitter Feed - like Buckingham Palace does in London. The notices are usually quite short - so if they were clever they could be automatically posted to Twitter as they became available (i.e. for no extra effort).
ReplyDeleteWho could "they" be? The Governor's website is hopelessly outdated. The latest vice regal note to be found today (6th Febr.) dates 3rd February. Is is lack of staff or lack of will to put the dates up?
ReplyDeleteShould you mean The Age, why not tell them about you good idea?
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