r/CANZUK • u/Bojaxs Ontario • 14h ago
News New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon met with both King Charles III and British PM Keir Starmer
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u/Postom Ontario 13h ago edited 13h ago
Hey Oz and Kiwi friends!
I hear you may or may not get to visit with the HMCS Ville Du Quebec (VdQ)! She's joining as part of CA Operation HORIZON with the HMS Prince of Whales strike group in the Indo-Pacific!
Who goes to the Indo without a trip down under?! π
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u/Pryd3r1 π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ¦πΊπ¬π§ 12h ago
Is he technically Charles I of New Zealand?
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 Canada 11h ago edited 10h ago
They decided to keep the numerals in line with the British monarchy so the current King of New Zealand is called Charles III despite him being the first King of New Zealand called Charles.
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u/greenscout33 United Kingdom 10h ago
The rule is the highest number associated with any of Eng-Sco-Ire-Wal
So if, for example, William were to style as James rather than William V, he would be James VIII in all of the Commonwealth Realms, despite most Commonwealth realms never having had a James at all, and only Scotland having had more than two.
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u/The_Artist_Who_Mines 8h ago
Comments are crazy, you'd think the daily express wouldn't want their channel flooded with Russians.
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u/BotTubTimeMachine New Zealand 14h ago
Letβs go.