The monarch’s role in British politics is supposed to be neutral. In theory at least, she plays no role in government decision-making or the setting of policy.
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However, documents discovered by the Guardian in the National Archives tell a different story. Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back at The Guardian’s investigation into a secretive procedure that led to more than 1,000 laws being vetted by the Queen or Prince Charles before they were approved by parliament.
So what does the monarchy actually do? And just how powerful is the crown?
Royals vetted more than 1,000 laws via Queen’s consent ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent
How Prince Charles pressured ministers to change law to benefit his estate ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/28/prince-charles-pressured-ministers-change-law-queen-consent
How the Queen lobbied for changes in the law to hide her wealth ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/feb/10/how-the-queen-lobbied-for-changes-in-the-law-to-hide-her-wealth-podcast
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no suprise here 😂
I assume their laws/exemptions include commonwealth nations.
My crown and they are dog✨
I really question intensions with the video
The last few Tory governments show the dire need for a written constitution to prevent the abuse of power highlighted in this video. It's time to become a true democracy with an elected head of state (like Ireland and not France or the USA).
The CROWN also has a lot more Nobility than our "Nobles" and "Humanitarians"
I think it's hilarious that you categorized not being able to be prosecuted at all into the "odd" category and not the "unfair" category.
😁what if I say I don't care? As a FORMER colony, I could care less..
5:00 That's boredom for you
Why a country like this still have a monarchy in 2024 baffles me. the public obsession with the monarchy is so ridicoulus . i always advocated for abolition of all monarchies through out the world
So basically they are saying to the UK Citizens to go "Eat cake" just like Marie Antoinette said to the French people. They better remember history, eventually people will come to their senses.
Still rather have a Monarch then a President
We don't have a constitution at all. We rely on custom and will, so it's custom to do the job in such a way and the will to do it. This is by the admission of the Queen in a speech to both houses of Congress in America she said your contract is in your constitution. Ours is custom and will
The Crown has hypothetical power in the UK. Lots of powers that are exercised by "The Crown" are in fact exercised exclusively by the democratically elected government. By tradition and convention, the powers are vested in the Crown but are delegated to the elected government. The practical reality is that the actual monarch, has no power. Hypothetically they do, but the monarch in the Uk is absolutely neutral and would never attempt to exercise personally the powers that are exercised in "his name". If he did they would be ignored, and we'd be a republic a day later. The monarchy are well aware of this, and Queen Elizabeth II understood it perfectly and remained absolutely detached and it seems Charles III will do the same. Anything else is just a fundemental incomprehension of the UK consitutional arrangement.
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Yes they have to have power. There's a reason why they are called King and you are called subject. You didn't expect to be the same did you?
The relic of empirical power all but in name 🤔
Unlike the entire population of Great Britain, the King has the freedom to speech. So narcissistic.
Lol the current crown is not valid. And also disputed of ownership to every part. And therefore the power is also revoked. Get it right United Kingdom. ⚡️🤴🏽🕉🔺➕
The Crwon owns all of the UK, it's property and its people.
Every one must agree, that the crown is mine, needed to complete my empire, thus. Very Well
it's all a carefully crafted illusion
I viewed this video hoping for useful information. I should known better given the company producing it. All we got was in essence, monarch bashing.
another leftwing hit piece
It still surprises me that people think monarchs can have no powers. Being a monarch is by default a powerful role, whether they are written down or not.
Shame the devil !!
Well england is united kingdom, it is a kingdom, so no surprise. Great country i think
It's not complicated, it's tyrannical.
Did King Charles the Third sign the draft on UK Social Media Arrest & Extradition?
Yea these people need to go
The French figured out what to do with monarchs a long time ago.
How do a story about the times the Parliament said no.
The monarch has limited power, it is the crown that has the power, not the individual upon whose head it sits, ….
Don’t forget pardon power.
The crown is a circuit breaker. When the fuse blows, it doesn't do anything, but in stolid inaction it does indeed act.
It's almost like a monarch, is, well, a monarch.