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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.
Because Jersey is a dependency of the British Crown, King Charles III reigns in Jersey. [57] "The Crown" is defined by the Law Officers of the Crown as the "Crown in right of Jersey". [58] 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
Jersey Royal potatoes were one of the first product names indicating the UK or the Crown dependencies to receive protected status, after it was registered as a PDO in 1996. [1] Meat from the Gloucester Old Spot (under the name 'Traditionally farmed Gloucestershire Old Spots pork') is one of four UK products holding TSG status [1]
There are fourteen British Overseas Territories, and three Crown dependencies which are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom but not part of the United Kingdom itself. Some of these territories have gained membership of international intergovernmental organisations and sports federations.
The Jersey Law Review examined the "different functions of the Home Secretary first as a Privy Councillor responsible for the affairs of Jersey and secondly as a member of the [UK] cabinet," and concluded that "there was plainly no power to refuse" to submit a Jersey law for Privy Council approval because the UK Treasury objected to it. [8]
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 ...
The Channel Islands consist of the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, Crown dependencies which are self-governing but historically linked to the Crown. The Channel Islands have a special relationship with the United Kingdom as set out in Protocol 3 to the United Kingdom's Act of Accession 1972, which formed part of the Treaty of Accession.