National Archives censor files showing late queen concealed relative’s wealth
National Archives censor files showing late queen concealed relative’s wealth
Documents recording request from monarch to keep secret the will of a relative partly withdrawn from public view
Amazing that they never got rid of their monarch. And now stuff like that happens, some people are just more equal than others.
I can't understand it, as an American. I get that they don't have much actual power but the fact remains that essentially the state is saying this particular family are literally your betters by birthright. How that doesn't bother everyone is strange to me.
They don't exercise much power outside of their ceremonial role but they still have a huge amount of power. Everything the UK government does requires royal assent. While only used ceremonially now, the government requires the Monarch's permission to form in the first place and the PM is appointed by the Monarch. The Monarch has the power to unilaterally dismiss the PM and disband parliament. The last time a Monarch denied assent for a bill was in 1708 when Queen Anne vetoed the Scottish Militia Bill. The last time a Monarch broke convention with the use of their powers was in 1834 when William IV dismissed the Whig PM and cabinet and appointed a conservative PM and cabinet to replace them. The last time breaking convention was publicly discussed was in 2013 to stop Brexit.
The French fixed this whole monarchy problem ages ago, other countries need to catch up.
We did behead one of them. But we fluffed it.
Classic Liz