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I thought you ignored one very important point in your post down below

Posted by Janet on 2/11/2009, 18:51:09, in reply to "Prince William to represent Queen in New Zealand"
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"If I were a Canadian,I too would be calling for the swift replacement of the monarchy with a Canadian head of state."

If you were a Canadian, you'd be in the minority! The majority of Canadians support the continuation of the monarchy.

There is no groundswell of support in either New Zealand or Canada for a republic. People may grumble but very few people actually propose doing anything to change it and it isn't because the people in charge are not favourable to republicanism. In New Zealand for most of the decade, the Prime Minister was overtly republican and did NOTHING of substance to further the republican agenda in her country. I think there have been a few senior Canadian politicians who have also stated publicly their opposition to the monarchy.

Its ironic perhaps that the most pro-monarchy leader was in Australia and he faced the hardest task in arguing the case for retaining the monarchy, granted the Australian Referendum was not a success for monarchism or the House of Windsor but highlighted to ordinary Australians and perhaps to Canadians and New Zealanders, that a "swift replacement of the monarchy" is not possible.

It seems clear that in New Zealand and Canada, there is no real public demand for a republic, the monarchy therefore will survive because its not broken, every so often a member of the House of Windsor will visit, in the weeks beforehand the press will proclaim loudly no one cares and then thousands will turn out to see the visiting royal and the republicans will quieten down for a bit and the merry go round will start again.

I add a picture of the last visit by the future King of Australia to his future Australian subjects in 2005. Not a bad turn out considering no one supposedly cares for the monarchy in Australia.

I think sometimes its difficult for British people to understand the appeal of a shared monarchy but then the Canadians or New Zealanders or Australians have never had any different experience than a royal family who visits occasionally and on the whole it seems it is a situation which will carry on for at least a few more decades in at least the first two countries.

Message Thread:

Prince William to represent Queen in New Zealand - Damian 2/11/2009, 17:36:10
- I thought you ignored one very important point in your post down below - Janet 2/11/2009, 18:51:09
  - Re: I thought you ignored one very important point in your post down below - Damian 2/11/2009, 21:33:30
    - Re: I thought you ignored one very important point in your post down below - Pedro 7/11/2009, 15:48:23
    - Re: I thought you ignored one very important point in your post down below - manuel 3/11/2009, 18:05:55
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--Previous Message-- : "If I were a Canadian,I too would be : calling for the swift replacement of the : monarchy with a Canadian head of : state." : : If you were a Canadian, you'd be in the : minority! The majority of Canadians support : the continuation of the monarchy. : : There is no groundswell of support in either : New Zealand or Canada for a republic. People : may grumble but very few people actually : propose doing anything to change it and it : isn't because the people in charge are not : favourable to republicanism. In New Zealand : for most of the decade, the Prime Minister : was overtly republican and did NOTHING of : substance to further the republican agenda : in her country. I think there have been a : few senior Canadian politicians who have : also stated publicly their opposition to the : monarchy. : : Its ironic perhaps that the most : pro-monarchy leader was in Australia and he : faced the hardest task in arguing the case : for retaining the monarchy, granted the : Australian Referendum was not a success for : monarchism or the House of Windsor but : highlighted to ordinary Australians and : perhaps to Canadians and New Zealanders, : that a "swift replacement of the : monarchy" is not possible. : : It seems clear that in New Zealand and : Canada, there is no real public demand for a : republic, the monarchy therefore will : survive because its not broken, every so : often a member of the House of Windsor will : visit, in the weeks beforehand the press : will proclaim loudly no one cares and then : thousands will turn out to see the visiting : royal and the republicans will quieten down : for a bit and the merry go round will start : again. : : I add a picture of the last visit by the : future King of Australia to his future : Australian subjects in 2005. Not a bad turn : out considering no one supposedly cares for : the monarchy in Australia. : : I think sometimes its difficult for British : people to understand the appeal of a shared : monarchy but then the Canadians or New : Zealanders or Australians have never had any : different experience than a royal family who : visits occasionally and on the whole it : seems it is a situation which will carry on : for at least a few more decades in at least : the first two countries. : : :

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