was up with the former British colonies having the current queen's face on their currency

They are still colonies

Countries run by peasants are easily impressed by past glories that are otherwise inaccessible to them.

You obviously mean Great Britain,not "England"?

I need to get learnt !

It’s a commonwealth thang

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I know as a Canadian we're still part of the British Commonwealth and the Queen is our head of state.

I know, right? Put your own leaders on your money.

Ikr? When things change here, you can bet your soul we won't have foreign monarchs on our currency any more.