Well, that's the thing. No one can really say, because - get this - it's a secret. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/queen-lobbied-for-changes-to

Well, that's the thing. No one can really say, because - get this - it's a secret. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/queen-lobbied-for-changes-to-three-more-laws-documents-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/queen-lobbie... > significant amounts of legislation regulating otherwise quite ordinary activities have required consent. The Queen pays tax, so (for example) finance laws require consent. The Queen is an employer, so (for example) child support and pensions laws require consent. And so on... All correspondence containing requests for consent, replies and the documentation of any related discussions have always been shrouded in absolute privacy. But hey, I'm sure it's fine, no need to look any closer, right? The Queen is such a nice old lady, surely - > The documents uncovered by the Guardian provide remarkable evidence that this process accords the Queen’s advisers a genuine opportunity to negotiate with the government over changes in proposed laws, that they do sometimes secure such changes before giving consent, and that they are even prepared to threaten to withhold consent to secure their policy preferences. Ah. Oh dear.