Guernsey’s decision was mainly related to the higher proportion of Calvinists and other Reformed churches, as well as Charles I’s refusal to take up the case of some Guernsey seamen who had been captured by the Barbary corsairs.
Guernsey is situated 30 statute miles (48 km) west of France’s Normandy coast and 75 statute miles (121 km) south of Weymouth in England and lies in the Gulf of St Malo.
The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow.