This is from a couple of weeks back but I thought is was worth bringing up since I'm not sure if this appeared anywhere other than the Guardian. The BBC were too scared to touch it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... -exemption
Incredible that this procedure has remained in place no matter which party has been in government. Is it because they all want titles at the end of their careers, or could it be that it is literally beyong the legal power of Parliament to stop it?
Flawed democracy - Queen's consent
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morepork
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Re: Flawed democracy - Queen's consent
Jesus what a grubby little fucked up family that is.
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Son of Mathonwy
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Yeah, it's like they're not rich enough, they need to tilt the playing field too. And feel no shame about it.morepork wrote:Jesus what a grubby little fucked up family that is.
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Son of Mathonwy
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Re: Flawed democracy - Queen's consent
As monarch, the Queen is literally above the law, but even as a private citizen* she's explicitly immune to over 160 laws:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... e-property
* or should that be as a subject of herself? Who the fuck knows?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... e-property
Under the longstanding but ill-defined doctrine of sovereign immunity, criminal and civil proceedings are not brought against the monarch as head of state. But an investigation by the Guardian, drawing on official documents and analysis of legislation, reveals the extent to which laws have been written or amended to specify immunity for her conduct as a private citizen, along with her privately owned assets and estates – and even a privately owned business.
* or should that be as a subject of herself? Who the fuck knows?