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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Yeah. Isn't it also the case that for at least one of these countries (probably Canada? I know more Canadians so I suspect I heard this from one of them) that the monarch is the current Queen, not "the monarchy of the UK" (i.e. succession isn't the same / doesn't exist)
Right, the Queen of Canada is legally distinct, and succession is its own thing. That said, Canada passed a law to change the rules of succession at the same time that they were changed in the UK in 2013, so the heir apparent is the same.
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Ahhh okay, makes sense
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_the_Crown_Act_2013 … if you're interested. Every commonwealth country ultimately passed the same law AFAIK, which is why there was such a large delay between ascent and commencement. All legally distinct, but happen to have the same rules
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