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The Knight of Oz knocks the Abbott of Oz for a Spill

Adrian Batten
Feb 19, 2015
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Prince Philip, the 93 year-old Prince Consort of the Queen of England is hardly in need of another title and yet Tony Abbott, Australia’s Liberal prime minister and ardent monarchist, thinks he is and knighted him last year, along with an Australian airman and a brace of Dames. Australians don’t agree and it nearly cost him his job.

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