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The king has veto power over any acts he believes affects him, and him and the queen have apparently used the threat of this many times in order to shape UK leg
by monocasa 4y ago
The king has veto power over any acts he believes affects him, and him and the queen have apparently used the threat of this many times in order to shape UK legislation before it's argued on. Apparently almost all legislation is passed by the royal family's office for edits before it goes up for debate.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette...
This idea that the royal family has no meaningful political power is not congruent with how the British political system works.
- deathcakes 4y agoYes and when was the last time a reigning monarch exercised those powers? The answer is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill
- antibasilisk 4y agoIf you'd have read the article you would see that it has been used numerous times over the last couple of decades.
- monocasa 4y agoIf you read the article, they practically exercise those rights up through the current day. The PM's office runs nearly all proposed legislation by them and makes changes to acts before they go up for debate. Acts have changed from threats of using the royal consent at least as recently as 2021, but it's hard to get complete numbers as most of this process happens in secret. This is all outlined in the previous citation I gave.