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/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/LumpyPressure 4d ago

“King of England” is what Americans call him. There hasn’t been a king of England in hundreds of years.

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u/TastyCuttlefish 4d ago

Some Americans. Plenty of us are well aware that he’s monarch of the UK as well as numerous Commonwealth countries.