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The Queen has immense theoretical powers, but it would trigger a major constitutional crisis if she were to exercise any of them without being asked by the PM.
by simonbyrne 8y ago
The Queen has immense theoretical powers, but it would trigger a major constitutional crisis if she were to exercise any of them without being asked by the PM.
- sideshowb 8y agoShe is allowed to veto proposed legislation, and potentially actually exerts some influence thereby - exactly how much remains a secret https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-royals-veto-bills https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-roy...
- int_19h 8y agoAt this point I'm not sure if UK can do much to avoid a major constitutional crisis one way or another. The deal would be seen as betrayal of Brexit by most its supporters, and remaining even more so. Hard exit would make a mess in Northern Ireland, for starters, and then you have Scotland, and not to forget that Remainers actually make the majority of the population in UK as a whole at this point.
- mr_toad 8y agoHistorically, things haven’t ended well for monarchs who tried to act independently of parliament. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England
- burfog 8y agoThe fun one is the right to shut down the entire house of commons, including the prime minister. That leaves her running the whole show pretty much, though oddly without the right to raise funds via taxes.
- balabaster 8y agoWas this legislation to avoid situations like the tyrannical Prince John of Robin Hood fame who just taxed and taxed to line his own pockets?
- burfog 8y agoI'm not sure, but I think it had to do with paying for fighting the French.