AUSTRALIA: BRITAIN’S QUEEN ELIZABETH VISIT

(21 Mar 2000) English/Nat A full day’s production of cheese may have to be destroyed after the Duke of Edinburgh failed to wear hygiene gear during his visit to an Australian cheese factory on Tuesday. Prince Philip visited the factory in Wagga Wagga, southwest of Sydney, as part of a Royal tour with Queen Elizabeth the Second, but he declined to don a sterile coat and cap. Now the batch under production probably won’t be offered for sale. Even wet weather couldn’t deter royalists who lined the entrance to Sydney’s Children’s hospital for a glimpse of their Queen. And they were not to be disappointed. Small crowds meant there was plenty of room to view the Queen, wearing a red and white patterned dress and jacket with a white hat and bag. This is Queen Elizabeth’s first visit to Australia since voters decided in a referendum to retain her as their head of state. She began the fourth day of her 16-day tour mingl