The Irish Free State kept the monarch as head of state from independence in 1922 until 1949 when it changed to the Republic of Ireland.

Switzerland isn’t a progressive country, women only got the right to vote in federal elections in 1971, 43 years later than they did in the UK. However, it wasn’t until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell.

We are more likely to get a majority of people to support an independent Wales with the king as head of state than for a republic. We can always become a republic later on if support for this continues to grow.