Legally, there does not need to be anything done in Australia to result in the change from queen to
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“All Australian banknotes issued from 1913 retain their legal tender status,” a Reserve Bank's spokesperson told the ABC. “So the currently circulating $5 banknotes would still be able to be used should a new banknote be issued as a result of a change in monarch.”
Following the death of the Queen, the RBA released a statement saying there would be "no immediate change" to Australian banknotes. And you don't need to worry about losing your hard-earned cash. The RBA says all Australian banknotes issued from 1913 retain their legal tender status.
Charles will take the throne
He will broadcast a televised speech, which no doubt the entire country will watch. “The next day, 'D-Day + 1' in Palace code, senior government figures will proclaim Charles's accession to the throne at St. James's Palace before an assembled crowd of dignitaries,” Gullace says.
Before that, the Queen's coffin will lie in state at Westminster Hall in London for four days, and members of the public will be allowed to visit. On the day of the funeral, schools and businesses will close, there will be a two-minute national silence, and the Stock Exchange will close.
Schools across the UK are set to remain open following the Queen's death after the Department for Education issued guidance.
Prince Charles will be the King when he rises to the top, and politicians and Parliament members will have to swear a new allegiance. His wife Camilla, the Duchess, of Cornwall, will be the Queen and William, the Duke of Cambridge may become Prince of Wales.
The title isn't inherited, but Commonwealth members have already agreed that King Charles should succeed the Queen. Her death doesn't change a lot about how the Commonwealth runs, but it could prompt the question of whether it has a purpose, experts say.
Her Majesty is the most travelled monarch in the world. Despite her advancing age, the Queen still makes state visits to important British allies – with trips to Ireland, France and Germany taking place in recent years. Since the age of 50, she has travelled to 43 different countries for the first time.
According to the official government guidance, the UK's period of national mourning lasts for ten days, from the day she died until the end of the day of the Queen's funeral, which took place on Monday September 19.
The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians. This new design will replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The other side of the $5 banknote will continue to feature the Australian Parliament.
According to reports, the late Queen Elizabeth II's son, Prince Andrew, has been left feeling miffed at the news that he has not received a single penny of his mother's fortune. Queen Elizabeth is believed to have left an estate worth approximately 782 million dollars solely to her son, King Charles.
Who inherits the Queen's wealth? King Charles is the sole beneficiary of the Queen's wealth, including her £650 million estate. On top of this, she amassed tens of millions of pounds in her own cash and assets, mainly from art and racehorses.
Obviously the Queen does not reside in Australia, but she is represented by a resident Governor-General, now always an Australian. We do not pay the Queen any money for her upkeep or even for her duties as Queen of Australia. We do pay a salary to the Governor-General and pay for the upkeep for the official residences.
How will currency change after Queen Elizabeth's death? King Charles III will be featured on new bills starting in 2024, though money with the Queen's portrait will continue to be valid.
Tender featuring Elizabeth will be valid for the foreseeable future, and will circulate with the new currency.
During her long reign, which no other British monarch in history has equaled, Queen Elizabeth, who died peacefully on September 8th, 2022, visited a whopping 120 countries—but never Greece, the birthplace of her consort Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
France had a monarchy in some form for over 1,000-years - from the days of the Frankish dynasties to the 19th century. However, there was never a Queen monarch that ruled the country. Here, Melissa Barndon considers why France never had a Queen.
The Queen carried out a number of historic trips, including becoming the first British monarch to visit China in 1986, and the first in a century to tour the Republic of Ireland in 2011, but there are still places she never visited, including Israel, thought to be due to political reasons, and Greece, because of Prince ...
All six Caribbean countries that have indicated they plan to remove the queen as their head of state—Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Kitts and Nevis—were colonized by the British.
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900: Original Public Record Copy (1900). The Australian Constitution does not contemplate any state or territory leaving Australia. The only legal path to secession would be by a national referendum.
King Charles inherits not just the throne after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but also her private fortune -- without having to pay inheritance tax.
Will there be 12 days of mourning? Though the country won't get 12 days off to properly mourn the monarch, the official mourning period after the Queen's death lasts that long, with her funeral taking place on the ninth day. Each day after D-Day is known as 'D+1', 'D+2', and so on, until the funeral on the tenth day.
This day will be a bank holiday and settings that are normally closed on a bank holiday should close on this day as a mark of respect. This will include schools and colleges.”
No schools are closed today.