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Foreign Affairs

TexasTowelie

(112,160 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2022, 06:21 AM Sep 2022

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says country will become republic 'in her lifetime' - BBC News

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stood by her previous comments that the country will become a republic, saying that she thinks it won't be "quick or soon" but it will happen “over the course of my lifetime”.

She also reflected on conversations she had with Queen Elizabeth II about motherhood and leadership.

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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says country will become republic 'in her lifetime' - BBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2022 OP

Yay! Mike Nelson Sep 2022 #1

"...LETTING so much of the Empire go,...... 3Hotdogs Sep 2022 #2

I think... Mike Nelson Sep 2022 #4

Write a good Constitution BradAllison Sep 2022 #3

Mike Nelson

(9,954 posts)

1. Yay!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2022, 07:02 AM

Sep 2022

... I know people adore the Queen, but hopefully the "monarchy" will end. I say cheers to Elizabeth Mountbatten Windsor for letting so much of the Empire go, and don't hold her ancestors crimes against her, personally. The whole thing should end... peacefully!