A small but enthusiastic crowd has a long wait before greeting Charles and Camilla on the first day of the royal tour in AustraliaThe royal spade had been checked for splinters. Its blade glimmered in Adelaide’s afternoon sun. Moments before,a woman had emerged cradling its fine-grain handle as you might a child. As spades proceed, it was magnificent.
Shortly, and the Prince of Wales would wield the tool to turn the first sod at the Prince’s Terraces,Australia’s first six-star green housing project. But he is running late, his convoy caught in traffic.
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Source: theguardian.com