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Queen’s death causes many brain explosions

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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 helmed The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column from 2012 to 2023. Connect with Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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