Queen Elizabeth II has died

Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by Nursie on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:28PM (#32769853)

Immediately? Perhaps not, but I think we’ll see a bunch of countries breaking away from having the British monarch as their head of state in the next few years.

I’m pretty sure that (for instance) Australia was just hanging on until we could be sure she was gone, the current government have already planned a referendum on it in a few years if they get a second term.

(I say ‘we’, I am a relatively recent British migrant, and not a citizen yet)

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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by marcus_holmes on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:58AM (#32777355)

There's a common understanding amongst Aussies (or at least, the Aussies that I know) that we were waiting for Liz to die before getting on with becoming a republic. For 2 reasons:

1. There was a sense of loyalty to Liz personally. She did a good job of Queening and it seemed almost rude to interrupt that.

2. No-one wants Charles as king. He's very weird, and has ideas that he actually wants to do things with.

I fully expect the referendum to be brought forward because of her death, and for it to get a strong "yes".

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