Month: October 2009
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Canadian TV Asks Whether Monarchy Has Future
CBC TV in Canada will be broadcasting a documentary, called After Elizabeth II: Monarchy in Peril, on 12 November that questions whether the monarchy that country shares with Britain has a future. The TV channel says that Charles Windsor, who is due to succeed his mother as hereditary head of state, “is not widely loved…
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NZ Republic Bill To Be Debated
New Zealanders will be able to vote on whether their country should be freed from feudalism if a Head of State Bill is passed by Parliament. The Bill would require a referendum with three options: a republic with the head of state chosen by Parliament; a republic with a head of state elected by the…
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Andrew Windsor Explains His Role
Andrew Windsor, son of Britain’s hereditary head of state, told the Financial Times in an interview in New York that he had briefed Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev for the G20 summit in “five minutes of conversation”. He explained that Medvedev is “young man with no experience of that sort of environment”. Mr. Windsor, who…