“In the longer term, demographic change is reducing the number of Australians who feel a natural tie to the UK, and many Australians feel becoming a republic is a natural part of maturing as a country,” said the Foreign Office. Nevertheless, as the reports used by the UK Foreign Office revealed great enthusiasm among Australians to move toward a republic, the British officials tried to downgrade the prospects for Australia to ditch the monarchy. A series of UK government reports claimed that the Queen and Prince William's visits to Australia and Prince William's marriage to Catherine Middleton have destroyed the possibilities for Australia to become a republic. “Prince William's visit to Australia ... and the Royal Wedding seem to have boosted enthusiasm for royalty,” the Foreign Office said in a report. “It is clear that the debate about Australia becoming a republic is off the table for the present,” added the report. However, the Australian Republican Movement has severely criticized British officials' comments saying the British Royal Family's visits to Australia were designed in an attempt to make the House of Windsor popular among Australians.
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