Monarchy of the Gambia

Monarchy of the Gambia
Coat of Arms of Gambia

Queen Elizabeth II of the Gambia
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	18 February 1965
Abolition	24 April 1970
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace The Gambia Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of the Gambia (the Gambian monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of The Gambia from 1965 to 1970. The Gambia shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The Monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of the Gambia. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished on 24 April 1970, when the Gambia became a republic within the Commonwealth.

History

The Monarch of the Gambia was created by the Gambia Independence Act 1964 which unified the British Crown Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of the Gambia. After two referenda on the issue; the first unsuccessful and the second successful, the Gambia adopted a new constitution in 1970 which abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		18 February 1965	24 April 1970	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 18 February 1965 – 18 June 1970 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 1965 - 24 April 1970 By the Grace of God, Queen of the Gambia and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

1961 (3–5 December): as Queen of the United Kingdom

References