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She uses power, we just don’t get to see it. She gets final review over any law that affects her estates before it’s submitted to parliment, which includes anyt
by ashtonkem 5y ago
She uses power, we just don’t get to see it. She gets final review over any law that affects her estates before it’s submitted to parliment, which includes anything related to tax and employment law.
The whole “the queen is just this beloved and powerless figurehead” is propaganda.
- JetSetWilly 5y agoIndeed, I recall the stink when this came out: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/28/queen-secretly-lobbied-scottish-ministers-climate-law-exemption https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/28/queen-secret... She used "Queen's consent" to make sure she is the only person in Scotland who is exempted from a law designed to cut carbon emissions.