Between 19 and 23 October Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla are on their second overseas trip and first to a Commonwealth nation.  National and international media coverage is enormous and there are snippets of news that are relevant to Paulines.

On 20 October the King visited NSW Parliament House and toured the exhibition celebrating the Bicentenary of the Legislative Council. During the visit old Pauline the Hon Ben Franklin MLC, the President of the Legislative Council, was the host to His Majesty.  

Associate Professor Cindy McCreery has written an interesting article on the University of Sydney website about the significance of this royal visit. Cindy is Director of the Modern Monarchy in Global Perspective Research Hub in the Discipline of History. For her article CLICK HERE

For a detailed story on the Bicentenary of the NSW Legislative Council and its Pauline connections CLICK HERE