If anyone is up on current Canadian events, the Prime Minister recently declined a Royal Order (or title, or something the like) to a leading Canadian newspaper tycoon (arch-conservative egomaniac, to some). Seems that the Royal Hand doesn’t carry so much weight around here anymore.
Kylen
ps. I like the idea of a royal family under our system - kind of like a hood ornament on a Caddy…
Yes, Mozamique joined the Commonwealth. Which means they have the spot that should rightfully be held by the U.S.! After all, the U.S. is the only ex-British colony not in the Commonwealth.
Okay, I bet there are some other ex-British colonies not in the Commonwealth, but I can’t remember them offhand, and it would interfere with my impression of an angry Yanq.
http://search.excite.com/relocate/sr=webresult
Any similarity in the above text to an English word or phrase is purely coincidental.
Burma (Myanmar) is a former British coloney that declined to join the Commonwealth on independence.
The Republic of Ireland is no longer a member. When it became independent, under the name the Irish Free State, it was a member, and is listed as one of the original Dominions in the Statute of Westminster, 1930. When it adopted its current constitution (sometime in the 30s, I believe), it ceased to be a member.
and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe