British Commonweath countries still considers the Queen as head of state?? - Bilge

P paranoid123 Tiki Socialite New York City Joined: Dec 13, 2002 Posts: 379	P paranoid123 Posted posted on Sun, Mar 12, 2006 10:47 AM I read this on cnn.com http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/queen.downunder.ap/index.html And I was totally blown away by this quote: "Australia became an independent state in 1901, but, like many former outposts of the British Empire such as Canada, it still recognizes the queen as head of state." I realize that the US was kind of a rebellious child of all the British Empire, we find anything that links us to the UK so incredibly offensive that we won't even spell "color" as "colour". But is that really true? You Canadians, Austrailians, Hong Kongers, and any other state that uses the Union Jack in its flag still actually have a queen?

I read this on cnn.com

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/queen.downunder.ap/index.html

And I was totally blown away by this quote:

"Australia became an independent state in 1901, but, like many former outposts of the British Empire such as Canada, it still recognizes the queen as head of state."

I realize that the US was kind of a rebellious child of all the British Empire, we find anything that links us to the UK so incredibly offensive that we won't even spell "color" as "colour". But is that really true? You Canadians, Austrailians, Hong Kongers, and any other state that uses the Union Jack in its flag still actually have a queen?

Post #220322 by paranoid123 on Sun, Mar 12, 2006 10:47 AM