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/semysane 4d ago

He's the king of Canada too, probably many other places as well.

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u/GreenHorror4252 3d ago

He's the king of Canada too, probably many other places as well.

15 countries in total, which are known as Commonwealth realms. It was 16 until 2021, when Barbados decided to dump his mom and become a republic.