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Coincidentally, that has been true for a while, through multiple kings/queens of Canada.
Since 1984. One of the facts I learned for the Canadian citizenship exam. So only Elizabeth and Charles.
Should you care, here’s the link to correct Wikipedia:
Though empires are out of fashion , British colonies universally benefited from the British empire. The ones who are thriving today owe a huge debt of gratitude, and the languishing ones are that way because they decided not to continue the British tradition. The 20th century decline of the British empire is one of civilization's worst failures, on par with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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I remember asking this question to a work colleague from India almost 30 years ago. I asked something like if he hated the Brits for invading his land. He said on the contrary. They advanced their people so rapidly and efficiently through education and technical advances that would have taken hundreds of years by themselves. He said this allowed them to kick the British out once they had outlived their usefulness. Or…
So you found 1 person 30 years ago to justify colonialism?
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‘Protect the people of hong Kong’? You mean follow the treaty they signed ages ago?
They might mean “retaliate to the violation of the treaty they signed”. Hong Kong was supposed to get fifty years of autonomy; the National Security Law ended that prematurely.
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North Korea has nukes too.
When North Korea can deliver these supposed nukes to your front door they will have a seat as well.
They mostly don’t have a seat because they don’t actually want one - and China would get nervous. it pays better and is more stable for them to be the outsider.
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To be satisfyingly pedantic, my King isn’t the same King. Mine is the King of Canada. It just happens to be the same person as the King of England and the King of Australia ;)
Do you have different rules for succession to where it might eventually be a different person?
The sun does not set on the French Empire is still alive with french Guyanna in South America, Mayotte and la Réunion in Africa and New Caledonia and French Polynesia in Pacific Ocean.
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assert(king_of_canada === king_of_england); They are the same by identity!
Dude lives in Buckingham Palace In UK … that’s kind of a dead giveaway :)
Arguably, Buckingham Palace should be turned into a museum (like several other former royal residences, e.g. Tower of London, Kew Palace).
Hm. I feel like the french republic can still make the claim though, at least according to this wikipedia map. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Mapadefr...