The Queen dropped from Victoria's legal system

The Australian state of Victoria is to dump the Queen from legal proceedings only days before Prince William arrives on a goodwill visit.
By Paul Chapman
17 Dec 2009

From Jan 1, all criminal court cases will be brought in the name of the director of public prosecutions instead of the monarch as traditionally.

Announcing the change, Rob Hulls, the state's attorney-general and acting Labour premier, said: "Having cases presented in the name of the Queen of England is an outdated colonial tradition that has really passed its use-by date.

Live shark dumped at Australian newspaper office"Substituting the director of public prosecutions for the Queen or Regina reflects the legal and political independence from the United Kingdom and its monarch that has been achieved by Australia." the rest