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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by nly on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:29AM (#32821223)
The Wikipedia page mentions that Kings Consent is a matter of parliamentary procedure and can be abolished with the stroke of a pen.

It's just a courtesy to save face for the Monarchy.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by MagnumOpus on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:51AM (#32821658)
Sure, and the monarchy could be abolished by a simple parliamentary vote, and the weekly meetings where the PM briefs the monarch on anything that could hurt the latters financial interests could be abolished even more easily.

Except the monarch is a billionaire with power over even more money and public opinion and elected representatives are rightfully afraid of the monarchy's well funded and well oiled propaganda machine being turned against them.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by morelisp on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:59AM (#32825148)
The monarchy never tried to help me save face, why build entire government processes which do nothing but that for them?
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