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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Commonwealth realms |
 | | Respect for the particular circumstances of The Queen's Commonwealth realms was secured by providing that legislation on the Royal Title was to be enacted separately by each of The Queen's Commonwealth realms, that is, each Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution recognising The Queen as Sovereign. | | | The Queen and the Royal Family have close links with the Commonwealth realms, visiting them when they can to mark occasions such as significant national and provincial anniversaries and centenaries, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, and the Commonwealth Games. | | | Some members of the Royal Family have stayed in Commonwealth realms as part of their education. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Origins |
| | Member countries of the Commonwealth can therefore have different constitutions: a republic with a president as Head of State (India, South Africa); an indigenous monarchy (Lesotho, Malaysia, Swaziland, Tonga); a sultanate (Brunei); an elected Paramount Chieftaincy (Western Samoa); or a realm recognising The Queen as Sovereign (for example, Canada, Australia, Barbados). | | | This was accepted in the London Declaration agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1949, provided that India accepted The King (George VI) 'as the symbol of the free association of the independent Member Nations and as such Head of the Commonwealth'. | | | The origins of the Commonwealth lie in Britain's former colonial empire. |
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| | While the Queen's powers in Commonwealth Realms are limited to appointing the Governor-General (and even this is done on the "advice" of the prime minister), her name and image continue to play a prominent role in political institutions and symbols. | | | Under the Rhodesian Constitution, the country was a Commonwealth realm until a republic was declared in 1970 in response to the failure of the international community to recognize Rhodesian independence. | | | Most republicans in the remaining Commonwealth realms, advocate parliamentary republics, in which the Queen and Governor-General would be replaced by a President, as is the case in India. |
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| | Commonwealth |
| | Also listed is their constitutional status: realm indicates a Commonwealth country which is no longer a monarchy but recognises The Queen as head of State; monarchy indicates an monarchical constitution. | | | Membership of the Commonwealth has, since its beginning, been open to any independent state which was once ruled or administered by Britain or other Commonwealth countries, and recognises The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth. | | | The 1.6 billion people of Commonwealth countries make up over a quarter of the world's population, and over 50 per cent of the population of the Commonwealth is under 25. |
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| | Commonwealth |
| | Also listed is their constitutional status: realm indicates a Commonwealth country which is no longer a monarchy but recognises The Queen as head of State; monarchy indicates an monarchical constitution. | | | Membership of the Commonwealth has, since its beginning, been open to any independent state which was once ruled or administered by Britain or other Commonwealth countries, and recognises The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth. | | | The 1.6 billion people of Commonwealth countries make up over a quarter of the world's population, and over 50 per cent of the population of the Commonwealth is under 25. |
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| | British Irsralism-Justification for an Empire |
| | Following this, we will proceed to look at the ways in which the British-Israelite understanding of their place in history and in the world affected their view of the United States of America, the decline of Great Britain's imperial realm, and the rise of the British Commonwealth of Nations. | | | The interpretation of "multitude", as "company", and finally as an "Empire of Nations" is characteristic of early Imperial interpretations, and an understanding which would eventually change as the Empire gave way to the Commonwealth in 1946. | | | Later Imperial exegetes would continue with the body of the text, identifying the "children" as the member states of the Empire and their complaint being heeded by the eventual foundation of the Commonwealth Nations. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Members |
| | Also listed is their constitutional status: 'realm' indicates a Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution, recognising The Queen as Sovereign; 'monarchy' indicates an indigenous monarchical constitution. | | | There are 53 member countries of the Commonwealth. | | | These are listed below, with the years in which they joined the Commonwealth. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Members |
| | Also listed is their constitutional status: 'realm' indicates a Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution, recognising The Queen as Sovereign; 'monarchy' indicates an indigenous monarchical constitution. | | | There are 53 member countries of the Commonwealth. | | | These are listed below, with the years in which they joined the Commonwealth. |
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| | Countries of The World Encyclopedia Article @ VariedTastes.com (Varied Tastes) |
| | Bahamas, The - Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Commonwealth Realm) | | | Canada (federal state, Commonwealth Realm, officially also (but infrequently) referred to as Dominion of Canada) | | | Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (federal state, Commonwealth Realm) |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Commonwealth Realm |
| | The Commonwealth Realms are a part of, but should be distinguished from, the Commonwealth of Nations which is an organization of mostly former British colonies, the majority of whom do not have the Queen as their head of state. | | | A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. | | | In her capacity as Queen of different Commonwealth Realms, Her Majesty does not use the British Royal Standard, but instead uses either her flag for that realm, or her personal flag as Head of the Commonwealth, which is also used when visiting Commonwealth countries where she is not recognised as Head of State. |
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| | Commonwealth Realm - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | The Commonwealth Realms are a part of, but should be distinguished from, the Commonwealth of Nations which is an organization of mostly former British colonies, the majority of whom do not have the Queen as their head of state. | | | A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. | | | In her capacity as Queen of different Commonwealth Realms, Her Majesty does not use the British Royal Standard, but instead uses either her flag for that realm, or her personal flag as Head of the Commonwealth, which is also used when visiting Commonwealth countries where she is not recognised as Head of State. |
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| | Althusius: Politica: XVIII |
| | These public ministers of the realm are elected by the united and associated bodies or members of the realm for the purpose of properly and honestly attending to, administering, governing, and conserving the body and rights of this universal association. | | | Choppin says that today in France a regent is appointed by the king or estates of the realm for a widow and mother of the royal ward, which regency is ended when the royal ward has attained the age of fourteen. | | | So great is the authority and power of these ephors in the French realm that the official letters of the king have no authority unless they are countersigned by the secretary of the realm, nor his rescripts unless they are signed and sealed by the chancellor of the realm. |
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| | Also listed is their constitutional status: realm indicates a Commonwealth country which is no longer a monarchy but recognises The Queen as head of State; monarchy indicates an monarchical constitution. | | | The 1.6 billion people of Commonwealth countries make up over a quarter of the world's population, and over 50 per cent of the population of the Commonwealth is under 25. | | | Membership of the Commonwealth has, since its beginning, been open to any independent state which was once ruled or administered by Britain or other Commonwealth countries, and recognises The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth. |
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| | Commonwealth Realm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth of Nations that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. | | | The Commonwealth Realms are each members of, but should be distinguished from, the Commonwealth of Nations, which is an organization of mostly former British colonies, the majority of which do not consider the Queen to be Head of State. | | | In some former Commonwealth Realms, including Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mauritius, the new office of President was a ceremonial post, but in others, such as Ghana, Malawi and Gambia, the Presidency was an executive post, usually first held by the last Prime Minister. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Commonwealth realms |
| | Respect for the particular circumstances of The Queen's Commonwealth realms was secured by providing that legislation on the Royal Title was to be enacted separately by each of The Queen's Commonwealth realms, that is, each Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution recognising The Queen as Sovereign. | | | When The Queen visits one of her Commonwealth realms, she speaks and acts as Queen of that country, and not as Queen of the United Kingdom. | | | A Commonwealth realm is a country where The Queen is the Sovereign. |
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| | As a Commonwealth Realm from 1931-1961 (adoption of Statute of Westminister to republic). | | | Where they do exist, most notably between the Commonwealth Realms, they are now mostly ceremonial, as the Governor-General, in theory the representative of the Head of State, has only marginal political power, and is nominated by and has to take the advice of the local Head of Government. | | | Commonwealth Realm from 1947–1956 (independence from British India to republic). |
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| | In her capacity as Queen of different Commonwealth Realms, Her Majesty does not use the British Royal Standard, but instead uses either her flag for that realm, or her personal flag as Head of the Commonwealth, which is also used when visiting Commonwealth countries where she is not recognised as Head of State. | | | While the Queen's powers in Commonwealth Realms are limited to appointing the Governor-General (and even this is done on the "advice" of the prime minister), her name and image continue to play a prominent role in political institutions and symbols. | | | A Commonwealth realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states that recognize Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their Queen and head of state. |
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| | realm - encyclopedia article about realm. |
| | It is also frequently used to refer to territories "under" a monarch, yet not a physical part of his or her "kingdom"; for example, the various Commonwealth Realms A Commonwealth realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states that recognize Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their Queen and head of state. | | | The realm of France, it is well known, was divided betwixt the Norman and Teutonic race, who spoke the language in which the word Yes is pronounced as oui, and the inhabitants of the southern regions, whose speech bearing some affinity to the Italian, pronounced the same word oc. | | | Thus, after the death of the King, "the realm stood in great jeopardy a long while, for every lord that was mighty of men made him strong, and many weened to have been King. |
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| | Althusius, Politica (1614) - Part 2: The Online Library of Liberty |
| | In the other case, likewise, the people, or members of the realm, will not recognize such a perfidious, perjurous, and compact-breaking person as their magistrate, but treat him as a private person and a tyrant to whom it is no longer required to extend obedience and other duties it promised. | | | Thus he is inducted and put into possession of the realm, with the granting and handing over to him of the insignia and customary symbols by which the administration of the realm is represented. | | | Whence the deeds of the whole realm are attributed wisely and happily to the virtue and administration of the prince, and we honor no one in preference to him. |
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| | New Zealand -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | New Zealand is a (additional info and facts about parliamentary) parliamentary (A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them) democracy and a (additional info and facts about Commonwealth Realm) Commonwealth Realm. | | | The country is internationally recognised as achieving extremely well on a medals-to-population ratio at (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympic Games and (additional info and facts about Commonwealth Games) Commonwealth Games. | | | New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in (The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port) Sydney, (An Australian state in southeastern Australia) New South Wales, along with the then-Australian Colonies. |
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| | Althusius: Politica: XXVIII |
| | Indeed, it is the armoury of the church and commonwealth. | | | The supreme magistrate of the realm and the ephors representing the people are the debtors in such a manner that the fulfillment of their promise can be entirely and continuously demanded of both magistrate and ephors as if each were the principal obligant. | | | Furthermore, the advantages that derive to the entire commonwealth from these subjects who are worshippers of God — and, on the other hand, the evils and perils into which the commonwealth is precipitated by the ungodly — ought to lead the magistrate to a love and zeal for ecclesiastical administration. |
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| | Althusius: Politica: IX |
| | It is a polity in the fullest sense, an imperium, realm, commonwealth, and people united in one body by the agreement of many symbiotic associations and particular bodies, and brought together under one right. | | | The members of a realm, or of this universal symbiotic association, are not, I say, individual men, families, or collegia, as in a private or a particular public association. | | | Schools are to be opened in the cities and provinces of the commonwealth in order that professors and instructors of liberal arts may publicly teach, that they may distribute prizes and honours for merit, and that they may confer upon their scholars the insignia of the master, the licentiate, and the doctor. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > Queen and Commonwealth > Origins |
| | Member countries of the Commonwealth can therefore have different constitutions: a republic with a president as Head of State (India, South Africa); an indigenous monarchy (Lesotho, Malaysia, Swaziland, Tonga); a sultanate (Brunei); an elected Paramount Chieftaincy (Western Samoa); or a realm recognising The Queen as Sovereign (for example, Canada, Australia, Barbados). | | | This was accepted in the London Declaration agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1949, provided that India accepted The King (George VI) 'as the symbol of the free association of the independent Member Nations and as such Head of the Commonwealth'. | | | Today, as The Queen declared in a Silver Jubilee speech in 1977, the Commonwealth symbolises: 'the transformation of the Crown from an emblem of dominion into a symbol of free and voluntary association. |
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| | A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. | | | The Commonwealth was the republican government which ruled first England and then the whole of Britain, Ireland, the colonies and other Crown possessions during the periods from 1649 (the monarch Charles I being beheaded on January 30 and An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth being passed by the... | | | The Commonwealth of Britain Bill was introduced by Tony Benn, who was then a Labour MP in the House of Commons, first in 1991. |
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| | The Lyran Commonwealth was a nation brimming with confidence, secure in the strong economy that made it a realm to be reckoned with. | | | Archon Viola Steiner, who led the Commonwealth into the Star League and its troops in the Reunification War, went on a crazed rampage that decimated the 25th Skye Rangers because of baseless rumors that the Duke of Skye was involved in the kidnapping of Viola's son Kevin. | | | The founders of the Lyran Commonwealth had envisioned it as a means of securing their own and their people's future prosperity, through an elaborate plan for economic integration and a delicately balanced political system of nine co-equal ruling archons. |
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| | New Zealand is a (Click link for more info and facts about parliamentary) parliamentary (A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them) democracy and a (Click link for more info and facts about Commonwealth Realm) Commonwealth Realm. | | | Since then New Zealand has been a sovereign constitutional monarchy within the (An association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown) Commonwealth of Nations. | | | Lists of (An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city) towns and (Click link for more info and facts about cities) cities in New Zealand |
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| | Katherine's usurpation of the Federated Commonwealth throne and her willingness to tear the Federated Commonwealth apart to stay in power have proved to Victor's loyalists what Victor himself only reluctantly came to realize-that Katherine Steiner-Davion is unfit to be trusted with the rulership of the realm. | | | A respected historian of the Federated Suns once described his native realm as "a bastion of freedom amid a universe of despots." That phrase sums up the way most of his fellow citizens see their nation-enlightened but embattled, a beacon of liberty that the tyrant leaders of other states will do anything to snuff out. | | | Pride in their liberties enables them to take bold gambits, such as the alliance that created the Federated Commonwealth. |
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| | Althusius: Politica: XVIII |
| | These public ministers of the realm are elected by the united and associated bodies or members of the realm for the purpose of properly and honestly attending to, administering, governing, and conserving the body and rights of this universal association. | | | Ephors are the representatives of the commonwealth or universal association to whom, by the consent of the people associated in a political body, the supreme responsibility has been entrusted for employing its power and right in constituting the supreme magistrate and in assisting him with aid and counsel in the activities of the associated body. | | | The third is that in time of interregnum, or of an incapacitated administration of the commonwealth, the ephors become a trustee for the supreme magistrate and undertake the administration of the commonwealth until another supreme magistrate is elected. |
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| | As such they are technically the only Commonwealth Realm to have democratically chosen their status as a monarchy. | | | Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were the first Commonwealth Realms, and remained realms for the longest period of time. | | | Until the mid 60's, every British colony that was granted independence from the United Kingdom became a "Commonwealth Realm" monarchy by default. |
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| | Most people in the Federated Suns consider the war hero Victor Steiner-Davion, former ruler of the Federated Commonwealth and known for defeating the Clans, to be their rightful ruler in exile, and they eagerly await his return. | | | The Federated Suns' armed forces are known for their proficiency, but many overlook the enormous personal freedoms granted to the realm's people. | | | The political and economic marriage of the Suns to the economically powerful Lyran Commonwealth, which together formed the Federated Commonwealth, struck fear in the hearts of many-especially given Prince Hanse Davion's impressive territorial gains during the Fourth Succession War, which coincided with the Federated Commonwealth's inception. |
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