Monarchy of Guyana | |
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Queen Elizabeth II of Guyana
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Style | Her Majesty |
First monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Last monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Formation | 26 May 1966 |
Abolition | 23 February 1970 |
Residence | United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Guyana Government House |
Appointer | Hereditary |
The monarchy of Guyana was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Guyana from 1966 to 1970. Guyana shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Guyana. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.
The monarchy was created by the Guyana Independence Act 1966 which transformed the British Crown Colony of British Guiana into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Guyana.
The monarchy was abolished in 1970, when Guyana became a republic within the Commonwealth, with the President of Guyana as head of state.
Monarch | |||||||
Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Monarch from | Monarch until | Consort | Heir apparent |
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Queen Elizabeth II | 21 April 1926 | 26 May 1966 | 23 February 1970 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Charles, Prince of Wales |
Titles |
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Elizabeth II 26 May 1966 – 18 June 1966 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 18 June 1966 - 23 February 1970 By the Grace of God, Queen of Guyana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth |
Visits
- 1966 (4–5 February): as Queen of the United Kingdom
- 1994 (19–22 February): as Head of the Commonwealth