"Princess Anne's" Speech
for the opening of
The Hemp Olympix 2000
Nimbin, Australia
Saturday, 6th May.
Loyal subjects, Once again it is with great pleasure one find one-self back here in Orstralia at one's favourite town, Nimbin.
One is honoured to be in the company of such gracious Bundgalung Elders. [indigenous custodians of the land]
As many of you may remember, One's connection with Nimbin has been growing over
the past 15 years. During this time, ones loyal subjects have invited one to open many of your
seemingly important events, thepeople's opening of Nightcap National Park , the Aquarius 10 year
later Celebration, where,one was declared "Queen of the Rainbow Region" . Which, knowing what a twit my brother Charles is, I thought only right and proper that I should finally have such power.
Sadly, this did not seem to be enough to bring about the changes one envisioned
More recently when one was here to open the Visions of Nimbin Expo in 1998,
one felt one had no choice but to declare onesefl "Empress of Gaia" in the
hope that with this extra power one could bring about the necessary changes
for a better world.
Which brings me to the reason I've been asked here today.
Ones family, the House of Windsor, has had a long history and involvement
with mull, er, I mean 'the herb', er, er, I mean herbs . After all, over 200 years ago
one of my ancestors passed lawsto legalise the practices of herbalism. Many of you may recall that in fact my own great-great-grandmother , Queen Victoria, used the herb to relieve
herself of menstrual cramps, (although considering her love for Albert and the
number of babies she carried, one does wonder when she had time to have
menstrual cramps). Could it be that like others gathered here today she
found it a perfect way to relax and let go of all the pressures of
being a Queen.
I know it has been of considerable help to my brother Charles which explains
his bewildered badicoot look, whilst opening,,,,things.
But One has digressed.
Therefore, encouraged by all the works done by my loyal subjects in this rainbow
region [ name given to Far North,NSW region ] I think it is time for one to come
out of the closet (so to speak), andas the all powerful Empress of Gaia One encourages you all to do all you can to green our poor struggling planet.
I mean........
The stupidity of the silly men who think they have the power can be abided no
longer. I exort you to help in this worthy campaign to help bring some sanity back into
Orstralia's drug laws.
Too many beautiful, fit, young, men are trapped in jails because of the outdated
drug laws when they could be mucking out my stables.
Too many AIDS, cancer and MS patients suffer undue pain because of inhumane drug laws.
Too many trees are beeing chopped down to make paper because of unnecessary Drug laws.
And what is so difficult about saying sorry.to the.........[she turns and nods to the Bundjalung Elders sitting behind her]
Oh Oh dear, one has forgotten one's self.and become overexcited. It is one of ones little problems. One hopes you understand.
Oh yes where was I, the fit young men, No ... no
The silly men. Those silly small-penised prime ministers, in Canberra, declined
my mothers offer to open the silly Olympic Games planned for Sydney later this
year, but in this region ones loyal subjectsthought it important to maintain
our special links and so it doesn't give me great pleasure to not be the queen of England,
to not be opening the, olympics, being ignored yet again simply because these
sexist attitudes persist...... After all, in a perfect matriarchal world, I, would be heir
to the throne of England.
However,as undisputed Empress of Gaia it does give me immense pleasure to,
now officially declare The Nimbin Hemp Olympix, 2000......... OPEN!
