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Parliament does have the power to sack the monarch; the last time this happened was in 1689.
by cabalamat 15y ago
Parliament does have the power to sack the monarch; the last time this happened was in 1689.
- arethuza 15y agoEdward VIII was forced to abdicate in 1936: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis
- cabalamat 15y agoThat's true.
- rmc 15y agoAnd the Act of Settlement of 1700ish defines that only the protestant descendeds of Sophie of Hanover can be monarch. This is an example of Parliament defining who is (and more importantly for the Stuarts) who cannot be monarch.