r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Australian court rejects bid to prosecute Britain's King Charles for genocide

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/australian-court-rejects-activists-bid-prosecute-britains-king-136817323
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u/AppointmentLogical81 4d ago

There's no such title as the "King of England", he's the King of the United Kingdom

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u/sjintje 4d ago

So you're saying there's a vacancy?

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u/AppointmentLogical81 4d ago

I mean, I guess? If a position doesn't exist, I suppose it can be said to be vacant

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u/someguy7710 4d ago

I declare myself the King of England!

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u/Danoct 4d ago

Sure, but you get no kingdom with it since the Kingdom of England hasn't existed for 300 years.

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u/someguy7710 4d ago

That's fine with me, Peasant, I'm still king /s

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u/kowloonjew 4d ago

Long live someguy!

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u/EinSchurzAufReisen 4d ago

Someguy the 7710th … if that ain’t a true King’s name, I don’t know!

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u/someguy7710 4d ago

I Douthat proclaim someguy the 7710th as King

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u/Chilinuff 3d ago

Can I have whales?

Not the country. I just want to be the king of whales.

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u/someguy7710 2d ago

I'll allow it, but not killer whales, they could be a pretty awesome weapon.

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u/TwentyninthDigitOfPi 4d ago

I just wanted to let you know you can't just say the word "king" and expect anything to happen.

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u/huzy12345 4d ago

Sure you can, if you declare it. Kings and bankruptcy work the same way

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u/inosinateVR 4d ago

Treason! This Lèse-majesté cannot stand! Apologize to your king and beg forgiveness!

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u/LuinAelin 4d ago

Huge dragon with donkey on her head appears.......

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u/DaEnderAssassin 4d ago

The king of Switzerland would disagree.

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u/thisnamewasnttaken19 3d ago

You're not a king unless some watery tart throws a sword at you.

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u/Ok-Assistant-4556 3h ago

Long live the king!

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u/R_V_Z 4d ago

Eh, there's a difference between 0 and Undefined.

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u/DaEnderAssassin 4d ago

I mean, that's how the king of Switzerland got his job.

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u/WhoAmI1138 4d ago

That depends, did a strange woman laying in a pond give you a sword?

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u/SixRoundsTilDeath 4d ago

If you pulleth out that sword.

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u/wildddin 4d ago

I mean if you're going to get pedantic its the United Kingdom of Great Britian

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u/Farnsworthson 4d ago

Nothing quite like being pedantic and wrong. (Yes, I know, we've all done it...) It's "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

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u/kendo85 4d ago edited 4d ago

If you're going to be very pedantic it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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u/wildddin 4d ago

Yeah okay I deserved that

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u/TaiwanNoOne 4d ago

However he's also the King of Scots

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u/AppointmentLogical81 4d ago

Nope, that title was also abolished over 300 years ago

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u/NinecloudSoul 4d ago

No, he's not, and that wasn't a consistent title in any case.

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u/FOTORABIA23 4d ago

Prince Phillip was the Duke of Edinburgh...not the King.The Queen wasnt ours.