Royalists hopeful for a glimpse of King Charles III in Sydney

Royalists travelled from around the country to see King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their visit to Sydney Harbour on October 22, 2024.

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00:00Cooper wanted to come up for an opportunity to meet the King and to shake his hand.

00:11I said no at first, so Cooper got in contact with my mum, his grandma, who lives in Batemans

00:18Bay and she said it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, you've got to take him.

00:22So Cooper's got the day off school for it.

00:24I was born in England, so I'm half English, fully English.

00:30What is it about them that you like?

00:32I have to, I think that I don't have a choice, I don't have a choice, it's got to be my DNA

00:36structure.

00:37Yeah, he rules Australia.

00:38And if you get a chance to say something to them, what will you say?

00:43Well I'll probably cry first of all, and then I will probably say hello and welcome to Australia

00:52and stuff.

00:53Well, my great grandmother was from England, so it means a lot to us, we grew up, we couldn't

01:00have lunch until we'd seen the Queen speak, so yeah, it means a lot to me, for my family

01:07really.

01:08Yeah, I always dreamt of seeing you cook the brith, but I cannot, but I used to cook it

01:13for the people of the Sydney King.