A recent poll shows that almost half of the countries in the commonwealth realm, which have King Charles as their head of state, support the idea of ditching their constitutional monarchies.
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During Elizabeth's 70-year reign, she visited nearly every country in the Commonwealth -- missing only Cameroon and Rwanda -- and made many repeat visits, according to theSmith predicts that Jamaica will be the next country to jettison the monarch, adding that Australia is the one to watch, because "as a bigger democracy, other nations will be inspired to follow suit."
Australia's current Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has made it known that he is in favor of the country becoming a republic and has not ruled out holding a referendum on the matter in the future. Australia's Central Bank announced that its new $5 bill -- the only remaining bank note to still feature an image of the monarch -- is to feature an indigenous design as opposed to an image of Charles.
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