Officers of HMAS Renown at Port Stephens, 1920
When Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales and (briefly) future King of England visited Australia in 1920, cities and towns across the nation vied fiercely for a piece of the royal action. The 26-year-old heir to the throne, dubbed "the Digger Prince" by hyper-patriotic Australians keen to see their nation praised for its sacrifice in the recently ended Great War, was not exactly committed to the more demanding aspects of being a British Royal. He'd done a little war service, and his father had sent him on a tour of the dominions as a way of…