Re: So it is true...


>Seán O'Leathlóbhair <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1133626936.868675.165340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>If you are offered British citizenship then you will need to swear an
>oath of allegiance but if you are born a citizen then this is not
>required. Rather oddly, when my brother was offered Australian
>citizenship, he was required to swear an oath of allegiance to the
>Queen of England even though he was already British.

I don't think this is correct, Seán.
I swore a similar oath of allegiance some 33 years ago in NZ.
It was to the Queen Elizabeth the Second and her heirs
(well I said hairs, but nevermind).
The QE2 I was swearing my allegiance to was our queen
the Queen of New Zealand. I bet your brother was swearing
his allegiance to the Queen of Australia. At the moment
it happens to be the same person, but that may or may not
be the case in the future.

I believe your brother couldn't have been swearing allegiance
to a Queen of England, i.e. legally a foreign person.

BTW, when QE2 was being crowned she was asked,
and I quote:
"Do you solemly promise and swear to govern people
of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ceylon
according to their respective law and custom?"
She replied: "I solemly promise so to do."

She did not become an empress.
She was crowned as head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

pjk

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>Seán O'Leathlóbhair


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