Re: So it is true...


Paul J Kriha wrote:
> >Seán O'Leathlóbhair <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:1133626936.868675.165340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [...]
> >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.

You may be right. I remember by brother expressing his surprise at
this requirement. He may have missed this distinction, failed to tell
me, or I may have forgotten that he had. There is not much point in
asking him, I doubt that he remembers this detail after a couple of
decades.

> 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
>
> [...]
>
> >Seán O'Leathlóbhair

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