Queen of the Commonwealth Realms

Pictures of Her Majesty in her different roles as Queen of various nations and flags of the Commonwealth Realms.

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[ralphhersheljunior]

Wait... just how many countries is she queen of? Can someone help me out here? lol Is she LITERALLY queen of Canada?

[TheCmlChannel]

@ralphhersheljunior

Queen Elizabeth II is Queen & Head of State of 16 independent countries across the world (notable ones include: the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc). She is indeed literally Queen of Canada, and has various executive powers being Canada's head of state. In fact she is officially titled as 'Queen of Canada' under Canadian law.

[ralphhersheljunior]

@TheCmlChannel What????? How? Why? By what body is she given so much authority? Are her children heir to this title? Wow. Wild :D I never knew this. I like the Queen. even though she isn't my queen. She looks like a nice lady.

[TheCmlChannel]

@ralphhersheljunior

Well, historically it would come from the fact that all of those 16 countries (except the UK itself and Papua New Guinea, which gained independence from Australia) were British colonies or collections of British colonies.

Eventually these countries gained independence. They could become republics, or constitutional monarchies. Many of the more successful countries, such as Canada, Australia, etc, which gained independence chose the Monarchy....

(contd. -)

[TheCmlChannel]

@ralphhersheljunior

(contd. from last post)

...and created distinct national monarchies, while keeping the same Queen, as head of state. They probably chose the system because it's quite successful and stable (according to the latest Democracy Index, 7 out of the top 10 democracies in the world are Constitutional monarchies). Currently Queen Elizabeth II is the only person to head more than one independent country in the world.

(lol, so much to post. contd.)

[TheCmlChannel]

@ralphhersheljunior

(post 3 of my reply. XD)

And of course, her children (in accordance with the Act of Succession) are heir to these thrones, as they are to the Throne of the UK.

And indeed, the Queen is really nice lady. Some member of the Royal Family have bad reputations, but the Queen has always been loved.

If your interested in this further. Quick searches on Google for "Monarchy of Canada", etc will give you more to read.

Hope I answered your questions sufficiently. =]

[LordWellington15]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!

[Sorcoral]

God save our gracious Queen

Long live our noble Queen

God save the Queen!

[regszikora]

Yes God Save the Queen. The Queen of the Commonwealth, My Queen, the Queen of Canada, Our Queen. She is owned by us and is ours, as we are hers. Has there ever been such an equal pertnership in the history of the world? I ask this of all.

[Knowzilla13]

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!