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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

This must only apply too the fourteen countries and Providence’s that make up the empire.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think she was one of the few people to be exempt from laws as well- abroad she had diplomatic immunity and at home she had sovereign immunity, since all punishments are passed by the monarch.

For Charles III it's the exact same situation

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

She ceased to be a British citizen upon her coronation (the monarch is specifically not a citizen), so she wouldn’t have been entitled to one.

If a monarch hypothetically fled or was deposed, they would legally be stateless.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Citizenship is different than being a subject