Rejected petition Proposal to stop non-Royals from being called "Commoners"

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Those of us who are not members of the Royal family are officially refered to as "Commoners".
This sounds demeaning, and I would like to suggest another official title for us like "Citizens", for example.

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Date submitted 4 December 2012
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