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Tina Brown, author of a new book about William's late mother Diana, has said that the young prince would like to be Australia's next governor-general -- a position his father Prince Charles coveted but was denied in the 1980s.
But Prime Minister John Howard, an avowed monarchist who successfully faced down a 1999 referendum vote for Australia to break its ties to London and become a republic, moved quickly on Friday to rule out the young prince as a future governor-general.
"We have for a long time embraced the idea that the person who occupies that post should be in every way an Australian citizen," Howard told Australian radio. Australia says no to job for Prince William (more) By James Grubel
Mark Alexander
