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> Any monarch could at any time not renew this provision and by that immediately end the monarchy itself. The UK is funny like that. The king signs all the law
by _fizz_buzz_ 3y ago
> Any monarch could at any time not renew this provision
and by that immediately end the monarchy itself. The UK is funny like that. The king signs all the laws and could refuse in theory, but if he does he wouldn't be king anymore.
- youngtaff 3y agoBut the Monarch’s lawyers get to review laws at an early stage so they can object / get then changes before the law is passed It’s how laws that exempted the Monarch from race discrimination laws, why leaseholders in the Duchy of Cornwall can’t buy their freeholds etc.
- rcxdude 3y agoYeah, an outright assertion of power from the monarch would not go well, but the soft power they wield is still pretty extreme.
- nly 3y agoThe constitution of the UK is unwritten. If the king tried it would be for the courts to decide on the legality.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoThat would run into the same problem Parliament ran into with the trial of Charles I: The root of all authority in the UK is the Crown. By challenging the authority of the Crown, the court is challenging its own authority to challenge anything. Of course, that argument didn't really work fantastically with Charles I.