Will Canada be Allowed to Be Republic? Australia and New Zealand hinting at Republic Status

King Charles III coins will be legal tender even if Australia becomes a republic
The Royal Australian Mint has announced the first coins featuring King Charles III will be in circulation from 2023 and will remain legal tender even if Australia becomes a republic.

The Royal Australian Mint has revealed the next steps in its plans to put an effigy of the new King on the back of the Australian coin.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not weigh in on any changes to the Queen’s image on cash notes.

Antigua and Barbuda plans referendum to become republic
While the nation of islands gained independence in 1981, it still holds the UK monarch as its head of state.
Antigua and Barbuda plans to decide on whether to become a republic within the next three years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister has said, in a move that would see Britain’s new King Charles III removed as its head of state.

“This is a matter that has to be taken to a referendum … within the next, probably, three years,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne told ITV News on Saturday shortly after a local ceremony confirmed Charles III as the country’s king following Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

Canada’s Constitution makes it incredibly challenging for the country to end its ties with the monarchy.

“I think it would be very difficult,” Allan Hutchinson, a legal theorist and law professor at York University, told CTVNews.ca. “Any change in the arrangements around the Crown would require the unanimity of all provinces and the federal government. The chances of getting that are not good.”

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, which means the British sovereign is our ceremonial head of state, represented by the Governor General. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles III ascended the British throne and also became King of Canada.

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