I'm John Bess with my good friend and colleague Gregory Kopley instructing me on the ways of monarchy.

And in this instance, it's very happy to look forward to Buckingham Palace, plowing on with

plans, writes the telegraph.

For the King's autumn state visit to Australia following a successful start to his cancer treatment, the King 75

remains hopeful that he will be able to make the trip which would include visits to

New Zealand and Samoa which is hosting the annual Commonwealth heads of government meeting.

Gregory, this is good news.

What I know about it is looking at the photographs of the visit of the King's mother, Queen Elizabeth, when she was a very young and very attractive person in her summer dresses, with Philip, who was very handsome and very dapper and stood back a little bit.

And the crowds were enormous in Queensland. I see the crowd. and the

enormous in Queensland. I see the crowds in Brisbane. Are we looking forward to the same success for the king?

Yes, it'll be a very different type of visit. The Australian polity is now much more subdued.

Significantly, they are as enthusiastic as they were

with that state visit in the first state visit by the Queen in February

54 that there is enthusiastic today for for the retention of the monarchy the

polling is still showing that the Australians want the sovereign as the king of Australia,

quite separately from being the king of the United Kingdom and so on.

So that will be a success. I think the crowds will not be as large.

Today people have so many distractions that going out to see a visiting dignitary is not something that people do.

They don't line the streets so much anymore, but there will be lining,

they will be lining the streets in Australia for this.

And I think particularly in some areas because Charles

has a very good relationship with Australia he spent a lot of his schooling

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