<!-- wp:html --><p>JILL GRALOW</p>
<p>Her body barely had time to get cold in its Balmoral bedchamber before the first rumbling came from a former British colony: that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/queen-elizabeth-remained-a-mystery-her-entire-life-just-as-she-intended">Queen Elizabeth II</a> should be t<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-british-monarchy-should-die-with-queen-elizabeth-ii">he last English monarch allowed to reign over a distant realm</a>.</p>
<p>Adam Bandt, leader of the opposition Green party in Australia, used a tweeted message of condolence—“Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II”—to call on his country to “move forward” and become a republic.</p>
<p>Bandt was quickly slapped down by Australia’s new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, who told a radio station “Today is not a day for politics.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-iii-might-not-be-king-of-australia-for-long-if-republicans-get-their-way?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Adam Bandt, leader of the opposition Green party in Australia, used a tweeted message of condolence—“Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II”—to call on his country to “move forward” and become a republic.
Bandt was quickly slapped down by Australia’s new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, who told a radio station “Today is not a day for politics.”
