The Girl Guides of Australia no longer require members to pledge allegiance to Elizabeth Windsor, Britain’s feudal head of state. The 29,000-member organisation consulted widely before ending the pledge.
The Australian Republican Movement said that the change was a step towards that country becoming a republic.
In Britain republicans are barred from Parliament, the judiciary and most armed services by the requirement for an oath of loyalty to the Windsor clan.
The wording of the old Guides pledge reads: “I promise that I will do my best: To do my duty to God, to serve the Queen and my country, to help other people and to keep the Guide Law.”