‘It’s inevitable Australia will become a republic’: Wolverine star Hugh Jackman says breaking away from the British monarchy seems like a ‘natural part of an evolution’
- Hugh Jackman said he had grown up in a household that celebrated royalty
- ‘I guess would be a natural part of an evolution of a country,’ the actor said
Hugh Jackman says he believes it is ‘inevitable’ that Australia will become a republic.
The Wolverine and The Greatest Showman actor said he had ‘absolutely no ill-will’ against King Charles but breaking away from the monarchy seemed a ‘natural part of an evolution of a country’.
Jackman holds dual British and Australian citizenship, and said he had grown up in a household that celebrated royalty.
Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he added: ‘I think Australia will become Republican at some point. It feels natural.
‘It feels like something that is, I would guess inevitable, and I guess would be a natural part of an evolution of a country. You know?’
Hugh Jackman said that breaking away from the UK monarchy seemed like a ‘natural part of an evolution of a country’. Pictured: Jackman during filming for the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, London, February 16, 2023
Hugh Jackman said he had ‘absolutely no ill-will’ against King Charles but breaking away from the monarchy seemed a ‘natural part of an evolution of a country’. Pictured: King Charles at a food bank, Milton Keynes, UK, February 16, 2023
He continued: ‘I’m a British citizen as I am an Australian citizen – I don’t know if people know that but I am… my father made us stop doing whatever we could to watch in 1981 the wedding of Lady Di and Prince Charles. We had champagne.
‘So, I grew up with a lot of that. There was no bunting in our house but if my dad could have found that there would have been bunting, and I have absolutely no ill-will and I only wish King Charles all the best.’
He added that he ‘really appreciated’ the service of both the King and late-Queen, whom he had met on several occasions.
‘I admire it and I only wish them the best,’ he said.
Asked again if he thought Australia would ‘go its own way’, he replied: ‘I think it’s inevitable at some point.’
Earlier this month it was revealed that King Charles’s portrait will not replace the late Queen’s on the new Australian $5 note.
The historic move will instead see a design honouring indigenous culture.
Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister and leader of the centre-left Labor party, is known to be in favour of cutting ties with the monarchy and has also said it was ‘inevitable’ the country would become a republic.
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II following her death, Sydney, Australia, September 9, 2022
King Charles will not replace the Queen on a new $5 note. Instead, a new note will honour Indigenous culture and history
Following the party’s election last year, Albanese created the position of ‘assistant minister for the republic’ within his cabinet. However, he said he would not poll Australians on the divisive issue in his first term in government.
The King is Australia’s head of state and a referendum proposing a switch to a republic was narrowly defeated in 1999.
The bank said the new note would take ‘a number of years’ to be designed, and coins bearing Charles’s image are expected to be introduced. A British monarch has appeared on Australian notes since 1923 and was on all paper bills until 1953.
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