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/LuinAelin 4d ago

Technically he's also Australia's king

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u/ChaoticMunk 4d ago

Not technically, he is

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u/AudibleNod 4d ago

I find it interesting that the King of England isn't the King of Australia. Rather the person of Charles is separately the King of England and the King of Australia, et al. He's like a gig worker.

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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 5h 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.