It is hard to fathom the workings of Townsville media , especially the Murdoch owned Townsville Bulletin, soon to have another editor and hopefully get some much needed wind in its tattered sails , when a famous Jewish beauty , Queen Esther , above, painted in 1878 by Edwin Long and lodged in the National Gallery of Victoria , came into port with her retinue and nobody from the press gang notices.
The royal yacht Queen Esther, above , tied up in Townsville, the queen's extensive wardrobe piled high in many shipping containers .
Some readers of the Townsville Bulletin became strangely seasick when the paper ran a story , offering free popcorn as well , about an attempt to get Prince Harry come to the Queen City of the North when he was visiting Australia . It featured a cut out of Harry in freshly starched uniform being flown over Townsville . It got a run by other local media outlets , who took the bait hook , line and sinker . His highness did not respond .
Recently Prince Andrew visited Australia and , for some unknown reason , the Bulletin , Townville Enterprise ,Uncle Tom Cobley et all did not combine their creative juices to repeat the stunt with a cut out of Prince Andrew. This surely will be seen as another royal snub , Prince Andrew, the grand old Duke of York , not considered worth the cost of the cardboard.
