In the UK and Commonwealth, an oath of allegiance is a promise to be loyal to the monarch, […]
Category Archive: Monarchy
Bagehot famously made a distinction between the ‘dignified’ and ‘efficient’ parts of the Constitution (Walter Bagehot, The English […]
On 23 May 2025, the Court of Appeal held that the Conservative Party was not exercising a ‘public […]
Back in November, I wrote a blog post on the progression of the Public Service Monarchy (‘PSM’). It […]
The recent protests by farmers over changes to the rules on inheritance tax have raised questions over who, […]
There is a good reason why the constitutional convention requiring the monarch to exercise his prerogative powers on […]
In popular consciousness, archivists (when noticed at all, and not confused with Indiana Jones) are usually otherworldly, whey-faced […]
“There we were, 16 grown men,” complained the Labour minister Richard Crossman on joining the Privy Council in 1964: […]
This post argues that the terminology of “reserve powers” and “personal prerogatives” are inaccurate and misleading descriptions of […]
Until 2022, calling for the abolition of the monarchy may still have been a form of treason in […]
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