But questions of monarchy can never be reduced to mere evaluations of the current king or queen. Prior to last month, I doubt the number of Canadians who could name or identify Prince Andrew, the queen’s third child, would be enough to poll in the high single digits. Most Canadians have doubtless watched Prince Andrew’s fall from grace with open-mouthed revulsion, while simultaneously dismissing the episode as a “British thing” with little relevance to Canada. The country’s constitutional links to the British monarchy contradict this, but they are not deeply felt or even particularly well-thought-out. ADADAmid recent rumors that the queen is planning an imminent retirement, Canada should begin its own plans for a transition from royalism.

Source: Washington Post December 03, 2019 00:56 UTC