• Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    I always assumed it was similar to how QE2 was the Queen of Canada, making our monarchy separately and independent but parallel to the UK monarchy.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      19 hours ago

      It was up until the Acts of Union 1707. Ireland got a similar treatment in 1800 (and then reduced to Northern Ireland later, of course)