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| Subject: Let's hope so: Queen could be ousted as Scotland's head of state Sun May 13, 2012 6:28 pm | |
| THE Queen may not remain head of state in an independent Scotland after one of the Scottish National Party's most senior MPs confirmed it is party policy to hold a referendum on the monarchy.
Christine Grahame, the convener of the Scottish Parliament's justice committee, said the party has pledged to hold a public vote on a separate Scotland having a ''full-blown monarchy, an edited version or go for a republic''.
Outlining her support for the latter, she attacked the public reaction to the Princess of Wales's death as ''complete strangers lemming-like threw themselves into publicity-driven grief''.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/queen-could-be-ousted-as-scotlands-head-of-state-20120513-1ykwv.html#ixzz1un8PPu6A
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