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Old 03-12-2008, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Chesby05 View Post
Lol! I agree with you on the husband one.

I thought that some big decisions had to be `ok'd' by her - not necessarily decided by her. That's still too much, though.
No. The Queen has no role in Government. The G-G fulfills her constitutional duties. And all other constitutional powers such as the power to choose the G-G or to declare war etc. has been passed onto the Prime Minister.

The Crown does apparently still have power constitutionally to disallow a bill passed by Parliament within one year of that bill being given assent by the G-G. This power has never been exercised - and if it were attempted, I think a referendum would remove that power very quickly.
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