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WEBSTER: I don't think it matters who's the head of state. ![]() INSKEEP: Is there an upside, a concrete upside, that you can get your hands on as a Canadian to having Charles as head of state? But there's still a sense that there's value in keeping the system that, for all its oddness, seems to stagger along and work just fine. Not many people are saying God save the king. WEBSTER: (Laughter) Sentiment as much as anything, habit as much as anything. INSKEEP: Why do some countries choose to keep the British crown as their own? Webster, welcome.ĭAVID WEBSTER: (Laughter) Thank you very much. David Webster is associate professor of human rights studies at Western University in London, Ontario, in Canada, where people would now say, God save the king. Although, not all of them have kept the British queen or king. In all, in fact, some 56 independent countries claim membership in the commonwealth, which is largely a relic of the old British Empire. Fourteen countries known as commonwealth realms still recognize the British monarch as their own. They are not the only nations with a new head of state. ![]() They're touring all four nations that make up the United Kingdom. King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, travel to Northern Ireland today.
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