monarch

WhytheConstitutionalMonarchycanbeprervedin

Britain?

EverybodyknowsthattheUnitedKingdomstillkeepsanold-fashioned

the

constitutionalmonarchycanbeprervedinBritain?

Whatisconstitutionalmonarchy?

Constitutionalmonarchyisaformofgovernmentinwhichakingorqueenacts

tice,theSovereignreigns,butdoesnotrule;thecountryis

governed,inthenameoftheSovereign,butbyHisorHerMajesty’sGovernment—a

bodyofministerswhoaretheleadingmembersofwhicheverpoliticalpartythe

electoratehasvotedintooffice,r,the

SovereignretainsanimportantpoliticalroleasHeadofState,formallyappointing

primeministers,approvingcertainlegislationandbestowinghonours.

theBritish

stitutionismadeupofthreemain

parts:StatutoryLaw(themostimportant),CommonLaw(deducedfromcustomor

legalprecedents),andConventions(rulesandpracticeswhichdonotexistlegally).

TheHistoryandbackgroundoftheconstitutionalmonarchy

he

endoftheventeenthcentury,Britishmonarchswereanexecutivemonarch,which

meansthattheyhadtherighttomakeandpasslegislation.

WiththesigningoftheMagnaCartain1215,forexample,theleadingnoblemen

ofEnglandsucceededinforcingKingJohntoacceptthattheyandotherfreemenhad

naCartaisregardedasthefoundationofthe

Britishconstitutionalism.

Intheventeenthcentury,theStuartkingspropagatedthetheoryofthedivine

rightofkings,claimingthattheSovereignwassubjectonlytoGodandnottothelaw.

Widespreadunrestagainsttheirruleledtocivilwarinthecondhalfofthe

1688-1689,BritainhadtheGloriousRevolutionand

ParliamentariansdrewupaBillofRights,whichestablishedbasictenetsandlimited

1701,

GloriousRevolutionwascomplete,inwhichParliamentsucceededinestablishinga

systemknownasconstitutionalmonarchy.

Theconstitutionalmonarchyweknowtodaydevelopedintheeighteenthand

nineteenthcenturies,asday-to-daypowercametobeexercidbyMinistersin

Cabinet,andbyParliamentlectedbyasteadily-wideningelectorate.

NowadaysthemonarchyinBritainispoliticallyneutralandbyconventionthe

onmayacceptsignificantpublicofficewithout

swearinganoathofallegiancetotheQueen.

Theimportanceoftheconstitutionalmonarchyinmodernsociety

AlthoughtherearemanycriticismsoftheMonarchyforthemonarch’s

expensivecostorsomethingel,manypeoplestillagreethatthemonarchyshouldbe

resomeargumentstoprovetheimportanceoftheconstitutional

monarchy.

Thefirstpointisthatthemonarchytsstandardsofcitizenship,familylifeand

alfamilyandtheQueencangetmoreconcernandrespect

thanprimeminister,whentheyareinvolvedintheactivitiesandotherorganizations,

becauoftheirspecialprivileged.

Thecondthingisthatitisudasasymboloftheunityofthenational

community,enstaysclearlyatthefocusofthe

nationalprideornationalexpression,therhand,

ineveryyear,therearemanytraditionalceremoniestoattendforthemonarchy,

withouttheattendanceofmonarchy,thetraditionsmaybelost.

Thenextisthatthemonarchyisudtoreprentthecontinuityandadaptability

enhastheformalpowertowarnthegovernment

andcanhavesomeeffectonParliament,fortheSovereignhasthreerights:"theright

tobeconsulted,therighttoencourage,therighttowarn".

Thefourthpointisthattheexistenceofmonarchyisgoodfortourismandthe

ringnicebenefittotheBritish

ereportsanddiscussionofthemonarchy,themediacanhavea

considerableincome,suchaswiththePrinceWilliam’tion,many

touristscometoBritainandmustgotowatchthemonarch’slife.

ThefinalpointisthattheQueen’slongknowledgeandexperienceisinvaluable

ethan50years,theQueenElizabethIIhasheldsimilar

meetingswithmanyprimeminister.

Conclusion

Withtheabovereasons,wecanethattheconstitutionalmonarchyisvery

important,inion,althoughthe

monarchyhassomedeficiencies,sinceithasbeenapartofBritishpeople’slife,the

constitutionalmonarchywillalwayxistuntilthenextcentury,itisalmost

impossibletoabolishtheMonarchy.