# What Would Happen to Guernsey, Jersey, and Man if the U.K. Monarchy Were Abolished?

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**Created:** [May 20, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560 "2025-05-20T00:53:38Z")
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### Author: ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560/41 "2025-05-21T07:29:23Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> “So the Queen [who was our monarch at the time] owns all this?”
> 
> “No the people of Canada do.”
> 
> " Huh?" He didn’t get it, that “the Crown” in Canada means “the people of Canada.”

Sadly ignorance in this regard is not confined to non-British citizens. My apologies.

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