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The statement also added that the monarch "has long acknowledged the discussion about constitutional arrangements", and referred to a speech to Commonwealth leaders last year when King Charles III said: "I want to say clearly, as I have said before, that each member's constitutional arrangement, as republic or monarchy, is purely a matter for each member country to decide."