Right, not saying they're her fault, just that whenever she's actually involved in the process of governing something has gone wrong. The causality is probably reversed: the only situations that call for her involvement are hairy ones anyway.
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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)
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Replying to @ManishEarth
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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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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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)
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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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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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what would have happened in Canada if this law had not been passed and she passed away? Was there a fallback succession law? Or would it be a crisis since the only person able to approve changes to succession law was dead?
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The previous law was passed to allow the queen to succeed Edward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_the_Throne_Act_1937 … (That law just mirrors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marriages_Act_1772 …) Prior to that it was outlined in the constitution IIRC. But at all points in time there have been rules for succession in place
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ah aw, I like me a good legal contradiction (I was so excited when California temporarily catch-22d itself with a proposition that affected all propositions including itself)
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I mean it's definitely amusing that the govt has repeatedly used this to assert its autonomy and independence from the UK, but then always passes laws mirroring the UK.
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