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#”SORRY I CAN’T BE THERE BUT CONGRATULATIONS!”

Posted on October 10, 2020 3 Comments

The Prince of Wales has sent Fijians a video message expressing his regret that the Covid-19 pandemic prevented him from being in Suva today for the 50th anniversary Independence celebrations. 50 years to the day since he handed Fiji its instruments of Independence on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Charles relives some of that experience and wishes the nation well. Not as good as being there, of course, but good enough under the circumstances.

The heir to the throne has always had a special place in Fijian hearts and time was when his birthday was celebrated with a public holiday every year. Those days may be gone but half a century on, the mutual affection on both sides endures. Vinaka!

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  1. Mark Manning says

    October 10, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    A perfect gift squandered by a bunch of selfish, greedy, lazy, self interested men and groups, backed by Indigenous Soldiers, not once, but 4 times no less! 33 years of utter chaos, so far.

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    • William says

      October 10, 2020 at 5:48 pm

      I’m sorely tempted to brew up some “grog” to cheer on the nation tonight, but I’ll probably settle for a nice cold beer! Great to have your insights, GD, & my inbox has been awash with Fiji Times footage of many events today. All that Fijian blue, in flags, shirts, material etc… please reassure me they weren’t all produced in factories controlled by the family of a certain AG!!

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  2. Entitled says

    October 10, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    The best thing this has done is to remind me that Fiji was once (in my lifetime)
    a country of only 500,000 and Suva was a mere 50,000-60,000. Happy days. Do you think they could all tie a knot in it, innit?

    BTW the captcha (gee they can spell) site discriminates against peopel who are rubbish at maths like me

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Graham Davis
Grubsheet Feejee is the blogsite of Graham Davis, an award-winning journalist turned communications consultant who was the Fijian Government’s principal communications advisor for six years from 2012 to 2018 and continued to work on Fiji’s global climate and oceans campaign up until the end of the decade.

 

Fiji-born to missionary parents and a dual Fijian-Australian national, Graham spent four decades in the international media before returning to Fiji to work full time in 2012. He reported from many parts of the world for the BBC, ABC, SBS, the Nine and Seven Networks and Sky News and wrote for a range of newspapers and magazines in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

 

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