Following Harry and Meghan’s interview, Australia rev …

The explosive interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, urged Australian Republicans to cease being subjects of Elizabeth II, after the failed referendum attempt in 1999.

Australia, a former British colony operating under a federated monarchy, headed by Queen Elizabeth II, who is currently represented in the ocean country by Governor General David Hurley, who is responsible for taking oaths in government positions and giving the green light to laws to be enacted.

“It’s a debate that takes place regularly. Our Head of State must be an Australian citizen, one of us, and not the Queen or King of the United Kingdom. ” Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told local channel ABC on Tuesday, when asked about the controversial interview and its impact on perceptions of the monarchy in Australia.

Turnbull led the Republican Movement in the 1999 referendum in which 45.13% voted for Australia to become a republic, while 54.87% voted for the monarchy.

The former prime minister, who said it was clear that the Windsors “are not a happy family”, admitted that at that time Australia is unwilling to change the system until Queen Elizabeth II ends her reign, either by abdication or by death.

“I don’t think the country has the courage to make this change today. She was an extraordinary head of state and I believe, frankly, that in Australia, there are more Isabelists than monarchists “, said the ex-president, at a time when some Republicans have turned to social networks to defend the change of the system.

An Ipsos survey released in January this year indicates that 40% of Australians oppose the republic, 34% support it, while 26 percent are among the undecided.

Historian Jenny Hocking, who won a long legal battle last year to access letters Queen Elizabeth II sent to her Australian representative on Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s 1975 impeachment after a deep political crisis, said criticized the monarchy.

“The interview with Enrique and Meghan shows that the monarchy is disconnected and unrelated to modern Australia. Why is our head of state one of them and not one of us? There’s no reason Australia shouldn’t become a republic now, ”Hocking said in a tweet.

For his part, Sandy Blair, the leader of the Australian Republican movement, has admitted that he expects support for his cause to increase after the Oprah Winfrey interview highlighted the need for change. “It’s a family in many ways that is out of touch with ordinary Australians. We saw a British monarchy that was out of step with modern Australia,” the Republican said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper.

In conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle, of an African-American mother, revealed that some a member of the royal family expressed concern about the skin color his first son would have with Prince Henry; that during this pregnancy she thought about killing herself and that the monarchy, which specifically sponsors the mental health entities, refused to help her.