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24 Jul 2020, 7:37 am by Margaret Wood
She was 17 when Henri II, her father-in-law, died. [read post]
25 May 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
If public meaning theories are to be followed, then, and the 1867 British North America Act were so interpreted, it would follow that Canada is and should be an absolute monarchy which Queen Elizabeth can rule the way Charles I ruled England. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:56 am by elizabethw
, “If the King or Queene doe hunt or chase him, and he escape away aliue, then …he is called a Hart Royall. [read post]
3 Sep 2019, 3:30 am by Lyle Denniston
He asked Queen Elizabeth II (who had little choice but to comply) to order Parliament to interrupt its new sitting for five weeks this month (the longest such suspension, or “prorogation,” since 1945). [read post]
24 May 2019, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
His oldest daughter Elizabeth was now queen, formally crowned on June 2, 1953 (but already queen in fact) as Queen Elizabeth II after a period of mourning. [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 6:50 pm by Anthony Gaughan
PBS is currently airing a 3-part BBC history documentary called “Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 11:54 am by Kevin
But for now, only the right to rule: [Evans] shall further pursue an injustice of history by claiming by right the Throne and Sovereign Crown of Great Britain at Westminster, upon whence [sic] the sad future death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as he [Evans] will not out of greatest and most deepest respect depose her in life for the great service and selfless sacrifice that she and her husband HRH Prince Philip [have] rendered to this great nation…. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 2:02 pm by Sandy Levinson
  And, finally, there is the phenomenon of secession all over the world, the most dramatic example of which is surely Brexit, to be followed, one suspects, in relatively short order by Scotland's repudiation of the Treaty of Union and its own declaration of independence, with or without recognizing some kind of mystical sovereignty of HRH Queen Elizabeth, but, most certainly, not a scintilla of sovereignty in the London Parliament. [read post]
2 Jul 2016, 4:10 pm by Sandy Levinson
  (Today we call this the British Commonwealth and think of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, all of whom, quite inexplicably from an American perspective, profess undying devotion to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who otherwise plays no role whatsoever in the political affairs of her loyal subjects.) [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 4:00 am by Administrator
Any perceived conflict of interest, whether well-founded or not, undermines the integrity of the process. ii. [read post]
2 Jun 2015, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. [read post]
3 May 2015, 6:42 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
The royal baby also has potential relevance in the context of the Oath of Citizenship, which makes reference to the monarch, I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 11:05 am by Margaret Wood
  However, this episode would have helped to remind the audience of  turbulent events under Mary who had tried to bring England back to the Roman Catholic Church, and their rescue by Elizabeth who ascended to the throne when Mary died. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 6:01 am by Florian Mueller
I recommend two articles, a Bloomberg story from 2013 and a more recent blog post by the von Mises economic institute, that discuss the problem and start with how Queen Elizabeth I of England commissioned Francis Drake to plunder Spanish merchant vessels. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 8:13 am by Laurel Davis
Turing was ultimately pardoned by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013, and the Human Rights Campaign and others are now seeking pardons for the other individuals prosecuted under this law and other similar ones.All of this, naturally, made me curious about the actual laws involved, which in turn made me re-familiarize myself with some of the wonderful free resources that exist for researching UK law.Turing was prosecuted under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885. [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 12:00 pm by Megan Geuss
In the bill, which was approved by Queen Elizabeth II today, revenge porn is defined as photos or films of people who have not consented to the distribution of the image or film and who are "engaged in sexual activity or depicted in a sexual way or with their genitals exposed, where what is shown would not usually be seen in public. [read post]