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Here in Britain we have rather marvelled at the welcome our Australasian cousins have given the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their infant son. Occasionally, since the monarchy referendum in 1999, we have read stories about the alleged rise in republicanism in Australia, and even how New Zealand is thinking of redesigning its flag to remove atavistic references to the Mother Country.
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Simon Heffer is a former deputy editor of The Spectator and author of High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain (Random House).
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