Queen of Ceylon

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The Queen of Ceylon was the constitutional monarch and ceremonial head of state of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during its period as a British Dominion.

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Label Occurrences
Queen of Ceylon canonical 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial head of state ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
abolishedOn 1972-05-22 ⓘ
appointmentPowerDelegatedTo Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Colombo ⓘ
commonMonarchWith Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument Ceylon Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalStatus monarch of a Commonwealth realm ⓘ
country Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
currentStatus defunct title ⓘ
establishedOn 1948-02-04 ⓘ
executivePowerExercisedBy Prime Minister of Ceylon ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateOf Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
historicalEra post-colonial 20th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
legalSystemContext Ceylonese constitution ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
predecessor King-Emperor of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: King of Ceylon
predecessorState British Ceylon ⓘ
reasonForAbolition Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
reignEnd 1972-05-22 ⓘ
reignStart 1948-02-04 ⓘ
religionInOath Protestant Christianity ⓘ
representedBy Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General
residenceInRealm Queen’s House, Colombo ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state ⓘ
status British Dominion monarchy ⓘ
style Her Majesty ⓘ
successor President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
successorState Sri Lanka ⓘ
territorialContext island of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
titleUsedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
typeOfMonarch shared monarch with other Commonwealth realms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Ceylon → headOfStateTitle → Queen of Ceylon ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → headOfStateTitle → Queen of Ceylon ⓘ