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The King & me! Power players jockey for royal attention

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys is manifesting a Randwick visit from the King this weekend.

Mark Di StefanoColumnist

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On the face of it, it’s vintage Peter V’landys.

The Daily Telegraph took out the front page on Tuesday to inform readers King Charles was “set to” visit Royal Randwick for The Everest this weekend, under the very clever headline: “LONG MAY HE REIN”.

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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