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There are 100K Australians in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australians_in_the_United_King... There are 900K plus Australians who were born in the UK. Australians who have a British parent or grandparent and can thus get a UK passport would number in the millions. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/almost-30-per-cent-of-the-austra... Two of Australia's last 3 Prime Ministers did part of their University Education in…
> Australians who have a British parent or grandparent and can thus get a UK passport would number in the millions Generally speaking, a British grandparent does not get you UK citizenship, only a British parent does. (There are various obscure exceptions to that generalisation, but they don't apply to the vast majority of cases.)
Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years
#251True, it's not citizenship, but a British grandparent gets you the right to work in the UK which can then get you a British passport.