Each Commonwealth country has it's own government.
The UK parliament has zero control over any Commonwealth countries.
The Queen/King is head of state of 14 Commonwealth countries (not all) but has zero power in any except the UK.
The King/Queen has limited powers in the UK.
You know, I'm really starting to get pissed off with all the criticism of the UK, the Commonwealth and the Queen from our news media. Many of these criticisms are quite valid but at least wait until she's buried and the country is over the mourning phase (will never be over for me) before we start digging into the dirt. We weren't digging into it before she passed on. Just wait a fkn few days and get past the funeral. And yes, I'm royally pissed. I hate the news media.What?? Are you trying to be civiized?
Correct me if I'm wrong Boomer, but King Charles III would not be mobilizing anything. The government would if it came to anything like that. I'm sure there would be some keeping in the loop kind of stuff, but he doesn't have any real power to do anything. The government is in charge, not him, thankfully. He's basically a figurehead.Technically the military are under government control, but the Monarch is the titular head of all the armed services and most soldiers would side with the Monarchy if they had to choose between government and the Monarchy. Luckily it's never come to that.
We watched most of the first season of the original British TV show "All Creatures Great and Small" from 1978. Decent. Now, we changed a bit and are watching the first season of "High Chaparral" from 1967. Great 60's western escapism with wonderful old color and landscapes, filmed mostly outdoors at the Old Tucson movie studio.
We watched it as kids, the guy who developed it also developed Bonanza, there are some similarities between the shows. We were in the area where it was filmed in 1994 and we were amazed at the desert and cactus, it was May and it was in bloom. As a music guy the theme song is wonderful, quintessential American western film music. It was written by David Rose who did many other TV show themes but most will remember him for doing a song called "The Stripper" from the mid-60's.
Technically the military are under government control, but the Monarch is the titular head of all the armed services and most soldiers would side with the Monarchy if they had to choose between government and the Monarchy. Luckily it's never come to that.
The Monarch meets the Prime Minister once per week so they can heavily influence our governments policies.
Back to the main topic, the TV here is going down the pan
So many dumbed down programmes, so many opinion shows sold as fact, and now the BBC is under political control.
I mostly watch comedy shows and the few documentaries that don't treat me like an imbecile.
On the plus side I am back to reading more books. Currently re-reading Heinleins entire collection. 😁
Dust, i haven’t watched my tv in my house in over six years 😂