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> means she was Queen of each constituent part of it too there is no constituent "part", the entities that merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain ceased t

> means she was Queen of each constituent part of it too there is no constituent "part", the entities that merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain ceased to exist more than two hundred years before she was born (see the text of Treaty of Union) the United Kingdom (throughout is its various incantations) and Great Britain are/were unitary states, not continuing unions of constituent parts > Maybe it is time to accept that it is perfectly reasonable, unambiguous usage. right, so under your logic, it's perfectly reasonable to refer to Donald Trump as: - President of California - President of the Confederate States of America - President of the 13 British New England Colonies all of which are referring to political entities that either no longer exist or which there is no current office for (and all three of these political entities were created after, or survived beyond the end of Kingdom of England)

milesrout 2y ago
Legally there may be no entity called "England" but it exists as a defined area for many legal purposes and the law isn't the only thing that matters anyway. England absolutely exists! >right, so under your logic, it's perfectly reasonable to refer to Donald Trump as: People don't say those though. They do say Queen of England.
- ChocolateGod 2y ago
  Only people I hear say Queen of England is Americans
hnfong 2y ago
> the United Kingdom (throughout is its various incantations) and Great Britain are/were unitary states, not continuing unions of constituent parts I don't think the situation is as clear-cut as you assert. Scotland has its own legal system separate from that of England and Wales. It has its own parliament.
- blibble 2y ago
  > I don't think the situation is as clear-cut as you assert. it really is > It has its own parliament. which isn't sovereign it's a glorified county council, and could be abolished by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at any point this is all clear as crystal in the Scotland Act 1998, which created the (new) Scottish Parliament it's acknowledged on the Scottish Parliament's own website: https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/powers-of-the-scottish-parliament https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/power... and even the Scottish nationalists acknowledge it (because they don't like it and want it to change)

milesrout 2y ago

Legally there may be no entity called "England" but it exists as a defined area for many legal purposes and the law isn't the only thing that matters anyway. England absolutely exists! >right, so under your logic, it's perfectly reasonable to refer to Donald Trump as: People don't say those though. They do say Queen of England.

ChocolateGod 2y ago
Only people I hear say Queen of England is Americans

hnfong 2y ago

> the United Kingdom (throughout is its various incantations) and Great Britain are/were unitary states, not continuing unions of constituent parts I don't think the situation is as clear-cut as you assert. Scotland has its own legal system separate from that of England and Wales. It has its own parliament.

blibble 2y ago
> I don't think the situation is as clear-cut as you assert. it really is > It has its own parliament. which isn't sovereign it's a glorified county council, and could be abolished by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at any point this is all clear as crystal in the Scotland Act 1998, which created the (new) Scottish Parliament it's acknowledged on the Scottish Parliament's own website: https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/powers-of-the-scottish-parliament https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/power... and even the Scottish nationalists acknowledge it (because they don't like it and want it to change)