But that's already the case with many former colonies in the Commonwealth, but they're not considered part of the UK.
E.g. the monarchy "rules" over Canada, but we're not in the UK.
E.g. the monarchy "rules" over Canada, but we're not in the UK.
My scenario doesn't abolish the United Kingdom, it abolishes it as a country, not as an entity. Which would be either largely symbolic, or something closer to the EU in design
But surely a kingdom has to have a defined territory over which the monarch is sovereign?
Of course there is precedent for having a government in exile (which claims a territory it has no control over), and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (which doesn't claim any territory at all), but I think if you want the "UK" to refer to an institution, then it should stand for "the United Kingship".