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That's very the definition of a regent: no institution is above it. The current Queen of England _is_ the crown. They are one and the same.
by speed_spread 6y ago
That's very the definition of a regent: no institution is above it. The current Queen of England _is_ the crown. They are one and the same.
- tialaramex 6y agoLiz isn't the Crown. This principle was established long ago when one of her predecessors was tried, found guilty, and executed, for treason. It would obviously be impossible for the Crown to commit treason, but the monarch is just a person, and people do crimes. Also far from no institution being "above" it the Parliament is sovereign and so it can, and has, dissolved the monarchy entirely if it wants to. The reason the UK has a monarchy today is that parliament decided it didn't like it better without one (puritans suck, basically they hate fun, if you're American you may have noticed this already)