Background:
British monarchy was established after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and England is the first country which establish constitutional monarchy. Now, Queen Elizabeth II. is the head of State and as the monarch she is also the head of the church of England, commander in Chief, head of the commonwealth and head of executive, legislature and judiciary. Although she has many titles, she has no real political power, with “domestic and foreign policy are left to Parliament and, more specifically, the government”, led by the prime minister (Morrison, 2013). So, the monarch “reigns but does not rule”. “In the United Kingdom, many important governmental actions are done 'on behalf of' the Queen Elizabeth II or she exercises her powers at the direction of the Prime Minister. These things are remain within the Royal Prerogative. However, the Queen are not do those thing by herself and the Queen to carry out these functions independent of Parliament she would precipitate a constitutional crisis. In addition, historically it has been held that the Queen cannot be prosecuted for any criminal offence or be required to give testimony in court” (Blackburn, 2016). …show more content…
It is expensive to run the British monarchy every year and it costs around £300 million a year. Some of that money are from Queen’s private investments, and most of them are from the British government (Praderio, 2017). Although the government use taxpayer’s money to run the British monarchy, we cannot ignore the influence that monarchy bring to the England and this is a cultural tradition which cannot measure with money.
Should the United Kingdom still have the British monarchy is an issue which attract people’s attention. In this essay I will discuss advantages and disadvantages of British monarchy and my opinion on whether the United Kingdom should still have the British monarchy in 2018.
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British monarchy was established after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and England is the first country which establish constitutional monarchy. Now, Queen Elizabeth II. is the head of State and as the monarch she is also the head of the church of England, commander in Chief, head of the commonwealth and head of executive, legislature and judiciary. Although she has many titles, she has no real political power, with “domestic and foreign policy are left to Parliament and, more specifically, the government”, led by the prime minister (Morrison, 2013). So, the monarch “reigns but does not rule”. “In the United Kingdom, many important governmental actions are done 'on behalf of' the Queen Elizabeth II or she exercises her powers at the direction of the Prime Minister. These things are remain within the Royal Prerogative. However, the Queen are not do those thing by herself and the Queen to carry out these functions independent of Parliament she would precipitate a constitutional crisis. In addition, historically it has been held that the Queen cannot be prosecuted for any criminal offence or be required to give testimony in court” (Blackburn, 2016). …show more content…
It is expensive to run the British monarchy every year and it costs around £300 million a year. Some of that money are from Queen’s private investments, and most of them are from the British government (Praderio, 2017). Although the government use taxpayer’s money to run the British monarchy, we cannot ignore the influence that monarchy bring to the England and this is a cultural tradition which cannot measure with money.
Should the United Kingdom still have the British monarchy is an issue which attract people’s attention. In this essay I will discuss advantages and disadvantages of British monarchy and my opinion on whether the United Kingdom should still have the British monarchy in 2018.
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