Scots could be offered vote on scrapping the monarchy following independence, says Humza Yousaf

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Scots could be given a vote on whether to keep the monarchy in an independent Scotland, Humza Yousaf has said.The First Minister was in Glasgow today to launch his government's latest policy paper on how independence would work.The SNP leader argued that ending the Union would allow Scots the opportunity to create a written constitution which would then be ratified by a referendum.But Yousaf was tight-lipped on how his party would first achieve independence given the UK Government's repeated refusal to grant an IndyRef2.Yousaf said a written constitution would "embody a set of longer-term, more fundamental values about what a country is for" and set out a "common understanding of a nation’s priorities".If Scots backed independence in the future, a constitutional convention would be called to draw-up a list of the principles on which the country should be governed.But it would only be implemented if a majority voted in favour of it.Asked if such a referendum could effectively be a vote on whether to keep the monarchy, Yousaf said: "Hypothetically."I'm not going to pre-judge what a constitutional convention will say or what it will do."But it could look at, and probably should look at, whether we have the right model in relation to a head of state into the future."The Scottish Government paper on independence is the fourth to be produced in the last 12 months.In a section titled "structure of the state", the document states an "interim constitution" would take effect before a final version has been drafted.It adds: "The head of state in an independent Scotland would continue to be His Majesty King Charles III, so long as the people of Scotland desired it."The personal union of the Scottish and English crowns has been in