Comment by spookie
I really fail to see the difference between this and Russia's fine.
I really fail to see the difference between this and Russia's fine.
The only member of the Commonwealth that is British anymore is the UK and any of the independent countries in the Commonwealth grabbing a passenger on behalf of a civil judgement in a English court seems no more likely than any other random country doing so.
Even more unlikely is the crown exercising the kind of power you're talking about. Never mind that Charles isn't the King of the majority of Commonwealth countries.
And this is different exactly how to Belarus (backed by Russian power) [1]?
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-forces-vilnius-...
If your flight is redirected due to weather/etc. to some British commonwealth country, then you might be grabbed upon landing. Or if you are a really big fish, your plane might be forced to land on a crown-controlled land.