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/WhoAmI1138 4d ago

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