King Arthur

2022 - 9 - 14

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Party leader's King gaffe in parliament (NEWS.com.au)

Victoria's Opposition Leader has had a major royal blunder scrubbed from the records after making the slip up in state parliament.

“So is @matthewguymp going to rename Cabinet to the ‘Knights of the roundtable’?” one user wrote. Victoria’s Opposition Leader has had a major royal blunder scrubbed from the records after making the slip up in state parliament. A senior politician has had a major royal blunder which he made in state parliament scrubbed from official records.

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Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy lists King Arthur as one of ... (The Guardian)

In tribute to late monarch, state Liberal leader mentions figure who is widely believed to be fictional.

The state Liberal leader has since said he misspoke and was meant to say Alfred instead of Arthur. Speaking in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Guy looked back at the long history of the British monarchy. In a tribute to the late Queen, Victoria's opposition leader Matthew guy included King Arthur in his examples of notable British monarchs who preceded Elizabeth II.

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Knightmare: Victorian opposition leader refers to 'King Arthur' during ... (The Guardian)

Hansard was amended to read 'King Alfred' after Matthew Guy said he 'misspoke' during his tribute to Elizabeth II and her royal history.

Henry VIII’s older brother was named Arthur on the basis of [claims by his father, Henry VII, to be a descendant of King Arthur](https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/henry-vii-where-was-he-born-how-did-he-die). “But to all of us it is clear that Queen Elizabeth II never flinched. It will return for two final sitting days next week ahead of the November state election. Tracing its history back as far as the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland, it is an institution that can draw on centuries of history,” Guy told the lower house. [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/queen).” [King Arthur is a legendary figure](https://www.britannica.com/topic/King-Arthur) who featured in stories as head of the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Later in his speech, Guy described Queen Elizabeth II as a “symbol of stability”, who “knew and understood and respected the role that as a hereditary monarch she found herself in”.

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Queen Elizabeth, King Arthur and the knights of the ABC round table (Independent Australia)

The Victorian State Liberal Party Leader proved once again that if anyone can take it to the next level of idiocy, it's, well, Matthew Guy. In his tribute to ...

[ originally published ](https://independentaustralia.net/members-area/member-article-display/editorial-queen-elizabeth-king-arthur-and-the-knights-of-the-abc-round-table,16767)in the IA weekly newsletter. [@vmp9](https://email.mg.independentaustralia.net/c/eJx1UEFugzAQfI05InttKBw4FBFQI4FaSgPNDbCJ3WJiEae0eX3dYw-RVqsdjTSzMzzBMRuI8FQCGAA_EIojGtLAZxgzABYBxvEwEI4Y1idfLVwY4dZi--vFrv2sen8R1pNJAJTTEECEZBQDDcIxmmIWcRwFEMRT7M2JtNZcEH1EkLu5p-Wodba-kQbRfFQropkozP7YlD9iObOyOW1TtoOqGWmZ7bYyS6Pq44VMxb4bCiNrcry9f_KWQ95VXVrX8E3aP0xMV7W2P9zetvYgW6Hrp1ctlePPTYHJUNTpc4OdG4Lwuip3_P_XbspasfrjWTv0pU3srYlWoxTzLIxalKvoXqZfFXF0QQ). … If the Labor Party want to persist [with a republic], it will have to wait for the next election or the one thereafter. However, viewers tuning in to News Breakfast to find everyone dressed in black and ABC Chair Ita Buttrose herself [appearing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCB3MBdBSCA) to discuss with Sarah Ferguson and David Speers thegloves she wore when the Queen last visited this colony, surpassed parody. No official representative from the republican side is scheduled to appear. However, for the vast majority of the media, it sparked a “mourning” frenzy that can only be described as farcical. There won’t be a referendum this term for a republic. We have discussed the gradual hijacking of the national broadcaster by its predominantly conservative board and the general decline of once weighty programs such as Insiders and Q&A, But certainly, the possibility that her death might facilitate the path to becoming an independent nation with our own head of state, was not lost on us. For staunchly pro-republican websites, like Independent Australia, it was not cause to dance on the woman’s grave. PRIME MINISTER: Because it's not appropriate now, Lisa, to talk about constitutional change. In Durkin’s considered opinion, Andrews was able to

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