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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by alichapman on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:09AM (#32775540)
Yes but the last time a monarch vetoed a law was in 1707, and that was only because parliament asked Queen Anne to veto the law.

In reality, if King Charles started vetoing then after a short constitutional crisis, parliament would basically just change the rules of the game to say that the monarch no longer has the power to veto laws.

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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by jesuscript on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:27AM (#32775629)
Wouldn’t the loophole still be if one house of the parliament co-opts King, essentially simulating American democracy where you have a Republican King and Republican Party in power allowing the Republicans to veto laws and stop monarchy reform in parliament?
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