21:1921:19, 9 August 2022diffhist+78
Head of the Commonwealth
→Succession: Previous editors did not provide explanations for edits. It is clear that the rules of succession are not settled. The Commonwealth Secretariat has no role in setting the rules of succession and any clarity on the matter would likely have to come from an explicit declaration from the Commonwealth Heads of Government that departs from the London Declaration.Tag: Reverted
8 August 2022
23:1423:14, 8 August 2022diffhist−377
Head of the Commonwealth
Undid revision 1103066668 by DrKay (talk) The utterings of the Commonwealth Secretariat have no more relevance to the issue of succession than the utterings of anyone else. It has no authority to set or change the rules of succession. By Contrast the London Declaration states that 'The King' is recognised as Head of the Commonwealth.Tags: UndoRevertedreferences removed
7 August 2022
21:2621:26, 7 August 2022diffhist+66
Head of the Commonwealth
→Succession: Added qualifications to more clearly indicate that the assertions that the role is non-hereditary are assertions only, contained in news articles which are not authoritative sources on the constitutional arrangements of the Commonwealth and which do not themselves cite any source for the claim that the position is non-hereditary. The remainder of the passage demonstrates that the issue of succession is contested.
12:0312:03, 7 August 2022diffhist+355
Head of the Commonwealth
→Succession: The London declaration is arguably the foundational document of the Commonwealth and its reference to 'the King' may be taken to refer to the office of the King, or Queen when the monarch is female, rather than the then occupant Albert Frederick Arthur George personally.Tag: Reverted
11:4611:46, 7 August 2022diffhist−454
Head of the Commonwealth
Undid revision 1102884132 by Adakiko (talk) Reversion states that the previous reversion did not provide a reliable source. No source is required to be provided for content which has been deleted. Justification for the deletion is contained throughout the remaining paragraph, which makes it clear that the rules of succession to the position of Head of the Commonwealth are unclear.Tags: UndoRevertedreferences removed
11:3811:38, 7 August 2022diffhist−454
Head of the Commonwealth
Undid revision 1102857304 by DrKay (talk) The BBC and Sky News are not authoritative sources for the constitutional arrangements of the Commonwealth. Succession simply cannot be clearly said to be non-hereditary, but what is clear is that the situation is unclear, as demonstrated earlier in the passage. Deleted last sentence as it serves only to mislead.Tags: Revertedreferences removed
01:0301:03, 7 August 2022diffhist+20
Head of the Commonwealth
→Succession: Revised text to more clearly indicate that the succession rules remain unclear or contested. It is by no means settled that the position of Head of the Commonwealth is non-hereditary and any attempt to fill the role with someone other than the monarch of the United Kingdom would probably provoke a manner of constitution crisis, unless all heads of government were in agreement.Tag: Reverted