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Queen’s death causes many brain explosions

Queen Elizabeth II famously said that “grief is the price we pay for love”, but Her Majesty failed to warn us that grief is also a trigger for radical disinhibition.

The four days since her death have been a spectacle of dubiously pertinent Australians attempting to deal themselves into the story.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news

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