Eli5; how are countries like Australia and New Zealand independent yet they still are under King Charles?
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The social answer is that Australia and NZ consists of a majoirty of people being of European descent, more specifically, from the UK. Aussies and NZ’ers are just the long lost cousins of the Brits. Lots of ties to the mother country = favourable view of UK. Aussie population is also an aged one, meaning there are more older people than younger. The older folks are usually the ones with the strong British ties.
This isn’t the case more recently, I believe. Australia is becoming more of a multicultural nation. If you were to go to Sydney CBD and ask 10 random people what their thoughts on independence are, my money is on the majority in support of it.
As an Aussie, I personally believe in independence. I reckon Brits are getting more value out of this whole commonwealth situation than the Aussies are. So many Brits pack up and leave for Aus because it’s better living conditions here, and its easy AF for them to do so. Meanwhile, it’s rarer for Aussies to pack up and go to the UK.
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