In addition to some trade benefit, some countries also use the Commonwealth as a counter-balance to other power.Are you sure about that?
I doubt that any tax $ from any commonwealth country other than the UK go to the Royal family.
Canada estimates that the queen costs Canadian citizens about $1.55 per person annually, but that funds activities in Canada, it doesn't go to the Queen.
Most commonwealth countries do not have the Queen/King as head of state anyway, so the Royal family is obviously not going to cost them anything.
And remember that the Commonwealth brings member countries many benefits which more than pay for membership, for example:
"Bilateral costs for trading partners in Commonwealth countries are on average 19 per cent less than between those in non-member countries."
The Commonwealth would not have a population of 2.5 billion people (30% of all people), unless being a member was worthwhile!
Interesting to note that 13% of Australians were born in other Commonwealth countries, it is a community:
Not very long ago, the royals not only dominated their own subjects in UK, but they also controlled people here, as Dashmellow mentioned.
You have been watching too much Robin Hood, who is supposedly a fictional character, and King John!Not very long ago, the royals not only dominated their own subjects in UK,
Not convinced that is true, being a member of the Commonwealth does not bring any security guarantees.In addition to some trade benefit, some countries also use the Commonwealth as a counter-balance to other power.
People created a fictional figure of Robin Hood was just to carry out imaginary justice against those ruling class gathering their wealth through scam, theft, and robbery of regular people’s property. Thanks to kamkar of mentioning opium war. During years around 1840, the British East India Company cultivated opium in British colony India and smuggled it to China. After China confiscated and destroyed illegal opium, the British government stepped in to assist opium trafficker with military force. Under the gun point, China signed several treaties to cede the Hong Kong Island and surrounding smaller islands to Britain, including a twenty-one million dollar payment to the Britain, with six million paid immediately, and the rest through specified installments thereafter. Just wondering, how much it is as today’s dollar. By the way, British government has been criticizing human right abuse in China on a regular basis.You have been watching too much Robin Hood, who is supposedly a fictional character, and King John!
The stories may have some truth to them, but that was back around the year 1200, which may not be very long ago to you, but I certainly don't remember those times! You also have to remember that the Normans established a lot of good things in Britain, Westminster Hall where The Queen lay in state dates from those times, so even if you do consider the Robin Hood stories to have some truth, overall it was positive.
Not convinced that is true, being a member of the Commonwealth does not bring any security guarantees.
Places like the Falkland Islands do benefit from "UK"| security, they would currently be occupied otherwise, but that is not through Commonwealth membership, it is because they contribute to the British military through choosing to be a British Overseas Territory, with a 99.8% vote in favor at the last referendum.
Canada is a member of the Commonwealth, but they get their security through NATO membership.
Australia is a member of the Commonwealth, but is not a NATO country although they are a partner. They recently decided that didn't bring them enough security so they also joined AUKUS.
A couple of decades later, the fight against the new British trading empire - the one with which we control almost the entire world, not just a quarter like the old empire:This was way back in 1982,,,, the good old days.
Late I know but on this occasion at least forcasters were correct...I might be able to do a high temperature test on my dashcams as we're forecast to see record-breaking temperatures early next week.
The highest temp ever recorded in the UK was 38.7degC, but forecasters are saying there's around a 50% chance of exceeding 40deg on Tuesday. That's not particularly high compared to other parts of the world, but it's not what we're used to on our little island. Very few homes and workplaces here have air-con. Thinking about that, I could probably go for a drive to cool down rather than sit in the shade at home!
Thankfully it's a short-lived heatwave for us and we will be back to normal conditions by mid-week. Parts of mainland Europe already have heatwave warnings, but there too things should stabilise soon.
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