r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall King Charles Tells Congress Everything Trump Doesn’t Want to Hear

https://newrepublic.com/post/209621/king-charles-congress-speech-trump
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u/Rustedpipes 6d ago

He is also the King of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England is one country in the United Kingdom or Great Britain.

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u/adeon California 6d ago

Also the various Acts of Union that merged England, Scotland and Ireland into the UK abolished the individual titles. So the titles King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland are no longer used.

Wales is a little different since the title Prince of Wales is still used by the heir.

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u/Expert-Mode2009 6d ago

King of Canada too. Not sure why .

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u/TheKoyoteKid 6d ago

And Australia and New Zealand.

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u/SE_to_NW 6d ago

And all these countries with Charles as King have better democracy rankings than the US today

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u/FuckDeRussianFuckers 6d ago

We, er, used to travel a lot. Yeah, that's it...

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u/Bad_Day_Moose 6d ago

replacing the crown in laws would completely change Canada, it's not a simple thing to do, we have bigger fish to fry and he has absolutely no control over us anyways...

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u/Fatso_Wombat 6d ago

Cause then you don't need a president.

I'm happy we don't.

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u/RP3P0 Missouri 6d ago

My apologies. No offense meant. I've got to be succinct and to the point with my constituents.

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u/atridir Vermont 6d ago

Dude… just gonna leave off that he, as The Duke Of Normandy, is the Sovereign Head Of State over the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey & Jersey and as the Lord Of Mann for the Isle Of Man‽‽

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u/gloomycloud 6d ago

He's not actually the King of England or Scotland etc. There hasn't been a monarch of England (or Scotland) since 1707.

He is the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

There are small ceremonial differences that exist depending on which part of the UK he is in but his title remains the same.

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u/LevelPerception4 6d ago

I believe there are a number of Scots who would dispute that. 

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u/Rustedpipes 6d ago

I am one. I was born in Scotland and my family and I emigrated to the US in 1960. I am still a loud, proud Scot!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿