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The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
The Crown Dependencies have each had a historic and complex relationship with the United Kingdom and with its predecessors. Jersey is not, and has never been, part of the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain or the Kingdom of England, however, it has been a dependency of the monarch of each of these states at their time of existence ...
The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.
Proposals for how an assisted dying law would work in Jersey – one of the UK’s three self-governing Crown Dependencies – were published in March, with a debate in the States Assembly planned ...
Because Jersey is a dependency of the British Crown, King Charles III reigns in Jersey. [56] "The Crown" is defined by the Law Officers of the Crown as the "Crown in right of Jersey". [57] The King's representative and adviser in the island is the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey – Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd since 8 October 2022.
Crown dependency: King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy) Lieutenant-Governor Richard Cripwell: Bailiff Sir Richard McMahon President Lyndon Trott Isle of Man: Crown dependency: King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Lord of Mann) Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Lorimer: Chief Minister Alfred Cannan Jersey: Crown dependency
Crown dependency of The Crown in Right of the Isle of Man English: Mann Manx: Mannin: English: Isle of Man Manx: Ellan Vannin: Douglas Manx: Doolish: Jersey [n 7] Bailiwick of Jersey Crown dependency of The Crown in Right of Jersey English: Jersey Jèrriais: Jèrri: English: Bailiwick of Jersey Jèrriais: Bailliage de Jersey: Saint Helier ...
At the start of the century, Jersey had achieved a high degree of self-government through delegation of Crown powers to the States, though the Bailiff, Governor and Jurats were all still Crown appointees. During the century, Jersey's power structure shifted more and more from the Crown to the States, establishing Jersey as a near-independent ...