Frank wrote on Jul 21
st, 2025 at 8:17pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on Jul 21
st, 2025 at 5:48pm:
It was telling that, despite the mood within the Commonwealth governments to elect the Head of the Commonwealth for set terms, Elizabeth II, at her last COGM meeting in London, asked the gathered HOGs straight out to appoint Prince Charles, immediately when King, as her successor to the role.
The HOGS did so unanimously.
What is it telling you? That it is the British Comonwealth and its head is the...er... British Sovereign?
Not some Mugabe or Kenyatta or Jacinta Adherrn, elected today, chucked out tomorrow ?
Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting. Not Heads of State. The sovereign is the latter, not the former.
In some republics the HoG and HoS is the same (US, for example).
But not, obviously, in countries that retained the British system and have the sovereign as their head of state, like Canada, Australia, NZ. etc. These countries do not have ambasadors to each other, only high commissioners since an ambassador in a state representative.