Thread: A new monarch.

A sense of deja vu - I remember seeing pictures in the papers of the same gates at Buckingham Palace, with crowds reading the bulletin about the king's health posted at the gates.

You are a member of an exclusive club, John. The late Queen was the longest serving monarch in the world.

The start of the end i think, chucky wont be loved as much as the queen was.

Me thinks Australia will be now looking at leaving the British Empire.
Was also thinking the mint will be bringing out a coin to celebrate the Queens & our new coins will have Charles no them, God forbid.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Me thinks Australia will be now looking at leaving the British Empire.
Was also thinking the mint will be bringing out a coin to celebrate the Queens & our new coins will have Charles no them, God forbid.

I doubt it mate. The 'champions' of a Republic are no longer at the helm. Cheers

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Me thinks Australia will be now looking at leaving the British Empire.
Was also thinking the mint will be bringing out a coin to celebrate the Queens & our new coins will have Charles no them, God forbid.

It's done!

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Originally Posted by 1950landy

Me thinks Australia will be now looking at leaving the British Empire.

It's not the British Empire and hasn't been for decades. I doubt we'd leave the Commonwealth.

I see little appetite for Australia to either leave the Commonwealth or to become a republic. While I think that it is quite possible for Australia to become a republic, it is only going to happen when the majority want it to happen, and not rapidly even then.

I think getting a majority to come to this view is not likely unless either the monarchy or the British Government screw up pretty badly in a way that directly affects Australia, or perhaps if Australia and Britain gradually move onto very different paths. This, I thought was likely when Britain effectively turned towards Europe rather than the Commonwealth, and maybe it was behind the republic push here a few decades ago, but if the relationship survived that............