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    What is the difference between a crown colony and an 'ordinary' colony?

    Question #86507. Asked by author. (Sep 27 07 9:35 AM)


    s3phoenix

    		A crown colony is still ruled by the "mother" country, and a "regular" colony has established its own style of government.
    wikipedia.org/wiki/crown_colony

    Sep 27 07, 10:33 AM
    author

    		I think that the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark) are the only UK areas that are still called 'crown lands'. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    Sep 27 07, 7:28 PM
    Baloo55th

    		The Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, Herm, Sark etc) are not and never have been, colonies. They are the only remaining part of the Duchy of Normandy, and the Queen rules there as the descendant of the Dukes of Normandy, and the title Duke of Normandy is used in the islands, though not constitutionally. Both the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey are crown dependencies, and are totally separate from each other (except for sharing a TV company). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands

    Sep 28 07, 1:07 PM

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