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leidenfrosttoday at 12:03 PM6 repliesview on HN

AFAIK Charles III is the monarch both for UK and Canada.

Doesn't this mean that Canada is, in a certain degree, dependent of UK?


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monkeyworktoday at 12:12 PM

No - it means that Charles III is an independent monarch for two separate nations.

The monarchy is 99% ceremonial in Canada but it's important to note that the Canadian Crown isn't the UK Crown... Canada is not a dependent of the UK in anyway, simply the person that wears the Crowns is the same person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada

>the Crown has had both a shared and a separate character: the sovereign's role as monarch of Canada has been distinct from their position as monarch of any other realm,[n 4][16][65][66][67] including the United Kingdom.[n 6][69][70][71][72] Only Canadian federal ministers of the Crown may advise the sovereign on any and all matters of the Canadian state,[n 7][70][73][74][75][76][77] of which the sovereign, when not in Canada, is kept abreast by weekly communications with the federal viceroy.[78] The monarchy thus ceased to be an exclusively British institution and, in Canada, became a Canadian,[40][79][80][81] or "domesticated",[82] establishment, though it is still often denoted as "British" in both legal and common language,[40] for reasons historical, political, and of convenience.

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amiga386today at 12:09 PM

Let me introduce you to the Commonwealth of Nations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations

These countries choose voluntarily to hold ties with the UK, and each other, and some accept the UK's monarch as nominal head of state, but don't be mistaken; they are all fully independent countries. Some are republics, some are kingdoms with their own monarch. They value each other's friendship, shared values and heritage, but they're not beholden to the UK or each other.

cmiles8today at 12:15 PM

No, it’s like Elon. He happens to be CEO of multiple companies but they are separate and independent companies (for now).

singpolyma3today at 12:06 PM

No. We have our own monarch who happens to be the same human is all

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graemeptoday at 12:06 PM

No. He is separately the monarch of the UK and Canada. You could just as well argue that the UK is dependent on Canada for that reason.

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afavourtoday at 12:05 PM

No, he’s just the monarch of two different countries simultaneously.