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Always been on my list to visit as a subject of Her Majesty, along with St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn.
by arcticbull 5y ago
Always been on my list to visit as a subject of Her Majesty, along with St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn.
- chrisseaton 5y agoVery unlikely you’re a ‘subject’ - that’s a very specific legal status designed for complex internationality edge cases which almost nobody uses any more.
- ShroudedNight 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject Exploring this rabbit hole evoked vague memories of Canadians holding British passports until around the time my parents were born. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canadian_nationality_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canadian_nationalit...
- ceejayoz 5y agoHuh. TIL I was born a British subject, but lost the status in 1987.
- arcticbull 5y agoYeah, haha, I'm a British and Canadian dual-national, so in the post-1983 world, I'm a British Citizen and a Commonwealth Citizen. I was using it as an archaic turn of phrase rather than referring to the specific status. You did lead me down an interesting rabbit hole!
- BoxOfRain 5y agoI'd love to visit all of the British Overseas Territories at some point, although I doubt I'll cross all of them off my list as a few of them are effectively off-limits to civilians.
- arcticbull 5y agoThat's why I left BIOT/Diego Garcia off the list haha - I've no interest in a mandatory visit to Gitmo shortly thereafter.