would he lose his UK citizenship (separate from title)?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
Not automatically, he'd be a dual citizen
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Ah. I've never been clear on which countries don't allow that. I know the US technically can force non-birth dual citizens to reject their other citizenship, although they usually don't?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
You have to renounce your other citizenship to get a security clearance, I know that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Ah, okay, I was slightly misinformed People who actively naturalize as US citizens have to take an oath renouncing all other citizenships, most dual citizens in the US inherited their other citizenship through their parents
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
So Sir Patrick would have to give up his UK citizenship, and from a US perspective that would make all his UK titles invalid (but the UK doesn't fully agree)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
He has to promise to give up his UK citizenship. He doesn’t have to go through any processes of actually giving it up, and since the UK doesn’t consider promising to give it up to be the same as actually giving it up he’d be a dual national as far as the UK is concerned.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
It’s only an issue for people who have an issue with swearing a false oath, really.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
wait, I think I might have identified a way for a Knight to dishonor himself
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
I don’t think oaths sworn to foreign rulers count. I think to dishonour his knighthood he’d have to swear a false oath to the Queen.
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It is interesting that in our modern world the very act of saying you want to renounce a knighthood isn't ipso facto dishonorable, or for that matter seeking to become the subject of a foreign power
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