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If King's Consent is withheld, it is, according to the tenets of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, done on the advice of Government. [23] A spokesman for Queen Elizabeth II stated in 2021 that "Queen's consent is a parliamentary process, with the role of sovereign purely formal.
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. [1]
The King's Regulations for the Army state that the governance and command of the armed forces are "vested in His Majesty The King" who gives the Secretary of State responsibility for general defence, and the Defence Committee responsibility for the armed forces. Constitutional convention requires that the declaration of war or commitment of ...
That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal. A standing army at peacetime without the consent of Parliament is illegal. That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law.
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Objecting to the policies of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland), a group of English Parliamentarians invited the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange) to overthrow the King. William's successful invasion with a Dutch fleet and army led to James fleeing to France.
The king's council was "permanent, advisory, and executive". [40] It managed day to day government and included the king's ministers and closest advisers. Parliament was the larger assembly of magnates that evolved out of the magnum concilium or great council. It met occasionally when summoned by the king. [41]
In Alfred the Great's time, the king's mundbyrd was £5. [91] Individuals received protection through kinship ties or by entering the service of a lord. [92] Mund is the origin of the king's peace. [82] Initially, the king's mund was limited to the royal residence. As royal power and responsibilities grew, the king's peace was applied to other ...