As far as I can tell the Queen's only purpose is to sometimes meddle in Commonwealth governments (Canada, 2008, Australia, 1975, UK, now) and usually trigger a constitutional crisis
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(I am being a bit flippant, but growing up in not one but two former colonies has given me a healthy resentment of the monarchy)
Absolutely. The whole "technically has a ton of power but never exercises outside of the will of the govt" thing is ridiculous. It makes sense for the UK to keep it (tourism $), but less so for the rest of the commonwealth.
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Right, that's kinda my point.
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I have a feeling that when the queen dies, we'll see at least one of the commonwealth countries remove the monarchy as head of state.
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Tangent but I don't think the tourism
s are a factor. Plenty of people visit the Palace of Versailles, in a country where they literally chopped the imperialists' heads off.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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