I know plenty about the UK, thank you :) Whether UK and Commonwealth citizens across the globe really want ceremonal proclamations of accession or not is moot

I know plenty about the UK, thank you :) Whether UK and Commonwealth citizens across the globe really want ceremonal proclamations of accession or not is moot -- they don't get a choice. This is the point. It's a bizarre anachronism that serves as a reminder of the class system, and our places within it.