The UK - as usual - is a patchwork of conflicting traditions. There is no Royal Army. But all members of the armed forces, police, and certain prominent politi

The UK - as usual - is a patchwork of conflicting traditions. There is no Royal Army. But all members of the armed forces, police, and certain prominent political appointments, swear an Oath of Allegiance to the monarch. Note this is not to the country. And certainly not to the people. Not even to the Crown, which is a kind of abstract superclass of British monarchs in general. The Royal Navy does not have to swear this oath. It exists by direct Royal Prerogative which means it's assumed to be loyal, pretty much by definition.