British Queen "Enters a New Phase"

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Its going to be weird singing God Save The King after all of these years.

Honestly I've poked some fun at 2-term presidential limits, but this system seems just about as weird.

[Frustration]

The American President isn't nearly as powerful as people seem to believe the position to be. But it still offers a surprising amount of power.

The position of King (or Queen) of Britain and its Dominions, yada yada etc. etc., doesn't seem to have lots of power. It technically has a few powers that haven't been exerted in... quite a long time... and given how power in the British political system is restrained more by tradition than laws or rules, it's questionable whether those powers "really" still exist.

[Draco Dracul]

The American President isn't nearly as powerful as people seem to believe the position to be. But it still offers a surprising amount of power.

The position of King (or Queen) of Britain and its Dominions, yada yada etc. etc., doesn't seem to have lots of power. It technically has a few powers that haven't been exerted in... quite a long time... and given how power in the British political system is restrained more by tradition than laws or rules, it's questionable whether those powers "really" still exist.

The Monarch of The United Kingdom actually has quite a bit of power on paper, of course most of those powers haven't been used in over a century. Of course there is no record of how many times those powers have been threatened to be used.

[clearspira]

The Queen in theory allows the Prime Minister to form a government as he has to ask her permission after the election to do so. She also in theory could say no. She is one of the checks and balances to stopping a despot. As far as I am aware the Army technically pledges their allegiance to her and not the PM.

She also owns a weird array of different things beyond property: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/546 ... abeth-owns

For those of you who didn't click on the link, what she owns includes: every swan on the River Thames, every dolphin in Britain, 150,000 works of art and half of Britain's coastline including the seabed itself.

[TGLS]

The American President isn't nearly as powerful as people seem to believe the position to be. But it still offers a surprising amount of power.

The position of King (or Queen) of Britain and its Dominions, yada yada etc. etc., doesn't seem to have lots of power. It technically has a few powers that haven't been exerted in... quite a long time... and given how power in the British political system is restrained more by tradition than laws or rules, it's questionable whether those powers "really" still exist.

The Monarch of The United Kingdom actually has quite a bit of power on paper, of course most of those powers haven't been used in over a century. Of course there is no record of how many times those powers have been threatened to be used.

I'm pretty sure that if there was anything like the 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis or the King-Byng Affair it'd probably lead to the subordination of the sovereign to the Prime Minister.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

The American President isn't nearly as powerful as people seem to believe the position to be. But it still offers a surprising amount of power.

Compared to the Senate majority leader and the SCOTUS, the president as a sole person or department head has the most weight to throw around in government's checks and balances for separation of power.

It's an utterly formulated process, but the directive power is unparalleled.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

The American President isn't nearly as powerful as people seem to believe the position to be. But it still offers a surprising amount of power.

The position of King (or Queen) of Britain and its Dominions, yada yada etc. etc., doesn't seem to have lots of power. It technically has a few powers that haven't been exerted in... quite a long time... and given how power in the British political system is restrained more by tradition than laws or rules, it's questionable whether those powers "really" still exist.

Wealth is power. Also I think Prince Dink just wants to stop being a prince and start being the head monarch. Don't underestimate how much status and prestige means to people, especially when they have little in the way of personality or self-worth outside of it, or how much those who already have much of both resent being second fiddle to anyone.

[McAvoy]

Why would Charles actually want to be King? There doesn't seem to be a lot of benefit to the actual monarch.

History. Prince Charles will be forgotten long before King Charles.

I am pretty sure this will not happen. Prince Charles would be a prince far longer than he would be King.

Think about it, people still talk about Diana. He is obviously linked to her and forever will be and that will always be brought up long after he is dead and his grandchildren are long gone too.

What would he do as King that would overshadow that? Unification of US, UK and Canada?

[J!!]

Fun fact: as of today Barbados has cut ties with the British throne, and is now an independant republic.

No great loss. This is a country that - no joke - during the same ceremony that Christened their new government made Rihanna a national hero.

Making a corporate generi-pop singer a national hero is far less culturally embarrassing than maintaining a hereditary monarchy in the 21st century. At least Rihanna works for a living.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Ooh, gonna need some wumbly-pumbly or whatever you brits call Aloe Vera for that burn! xD