Jules stop it, you're embarrassing me.

As I have made blindingly obvious on this very blog before, I am an ardent monarchist and take great pleasure from ANYTHING the Royal Family do. Naturally I am tickled pink that our Queen is currently touring our great country. What I am not tickled pink about is our sham of a Prime Minister's sheer lack of manners in her relations with the Queen since she arrived. Way to disgrace the country J-Lard!


Not only did she somehow choose to ignore the memo to wear a hat when meeting the Queen as she alighted her plane at a military airfield in Canberra, but she had the audacity to barr off the whole curtsying tradition choosing instead to do the most awkward head nod/hand shake combo I've seen since I was hung over at my university graduation and had to execute a similar gesture to stop Vice Chancellor Ian Chubb smelling the booze on my breath. 


Now look Jules I know you're a raging republican (gross) and you are from some dodgy suburb in Adelaide which I understand is also the murder capital of Australia, but come on love, your churlish reception to our beloved Queen is not just ridiculously impolite but it actually completely disrespectful. 


This kid can do it and she's only like 5. Why the hell can't you? It's not that hard. 

I know you're living in the hope that Queen Elizabeth might die soon (God forbid) and you'll get to have that referendum that you've just been gagging for, but look at the scoreboard: Queen Elizabeth is a picture of health and will probs live another 20 years AND the tide of republicanism in our great country is at its lowest ebb in more than two decades. 


So my suggestion is this: give old mate June Dally-Watkins a call for some etiquette advice and stop embarrassing the country. Otherwise you might find yourself knocked off that PM perch quicker than you can say Kevin-11. 

Photo Credit: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/julia-gillard-declines-to-curtsy-to-the-queen/story-e6freon6-1226171137693