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VMA131Marine

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22. King Charles is head of state of Australia

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 12:04 PM

Saturday

So the flags aren’t entirely inappropriate

D.C. could have mixed things up even more:

List of Commonwealth Realms where the Btish monarch is head of state(15):
United Kingdom
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Belize
Canada
Grenada
Jamaica
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu

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The stupid ... it burns! FakeNoose Saturday #20

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🤣🤣🤣 Karma13612 Saturday #26

Bazinga! FemDemERA Saturday #29

King Charles is head of state of Australia VMA131Marine Saturday #22

"the flags aren't entirely inappropriate" BumRushDaShow Saturday #25

As Prime Minister, Albanese is leader of the government of Australia VMA131Marine Saturday #31

But when these PMs travel here BumRushDaShow Saturday #32

SMH... CTyankee Saturday #24

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Gosh! So confusing for those who don't bother to research flags! Aussie105 Saturday #33

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