Support for Scotland leaving the United Kingdom has fallen significantly in the wake of the Queen’s death, with overall support for the monarchy rising in other parts of the British Commonwealth.
It is not all good news for the monarchy, however, with other Commonwealth leaders eyeing up the possibility of dumping the Royal Family following the Queen’s demise.that she would not be pushing for her nation to become a republic anytime soon, she has said that she expects the country to abandon the monarchy within her lifetime.
“It does not represent any form of disrespect to the monarch,” the Labour Party politician insisted soon after the Queen’s death. “This is not an act of hostility, or any difference between Antigua and Barbuda and the monarchy. It is a final step to complete the circle of independence to become a truly sovereign nation,” he asserted — although in fact the country is already fully sovereign, with the monarch’s role as head of state there entirely separate from their role as head of state in the United Kingdom.
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