Monarchie

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Gb has always had a monarchy apart from

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The brief intermission of the civil war and the commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell (XVIIe)

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Ordonnance politique

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Writ

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Monarch’s duties

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• must assent to all bills passed by parliament so they can become law
• the fountain of justice = courts are the queen’s court

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Sovereign’s finance

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From the civil list set by parliament
The grants in Aid
Privy purse

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Queen

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Chief representative of Britain at home and abroad
The queen remains in the hearts and minds of many people

Symbol of the permanence and stability of the nation

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LA cour dmangleterre

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The court of st james’

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Domaine

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Estate

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Un en tete

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A letterhead

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Évêque

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Bishop

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Désigner nommer

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Appoint (fonction)

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Hériter

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Heir

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Interruption

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Intermission

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Harry quote

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We are involved in modernizing the British monarchy

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On may 2017 prince William was named

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The straight ally of the year at britain’a LGBT Awards

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MeghN markle

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Divorcee
Vocal feminist
Actress
American

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Queen Elizabeth II

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92 years old

Longest reigning British monarch

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Case against

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Incompatible with democracy and meritocracy

Considerable powers

Not good for the country’s image abroad

expensive

too closely tied to the Church of england

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Powers

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head of the Armed Forces: Wage war or declare peace
Head of the 52 Commonwealth member countries
Dissolve Parliament and cal for new elections
Supreme governor of the church of England

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Case for

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Part of the state which people like –> rare plus

Value of continuity and tradition/central to national identity

thy are good value for money

they attract tourists

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Reality

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The monarchy does not do much harm and does not do much good

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Movie

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The Queen by Stephen Frears
last scene illustrates one of the key constitucional roles the Monarch has: weekly meeting with the M1 in order to advse, guide and warn

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60th anniversary to the throne

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Diamond Jubilee

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in addition to this actual political poer

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the Monarchy has offered the story of a dynasty: British tabloids have become obsessed with the RF and their lives

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William and Kate’s wedding

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some 2 billion people followed their mariage ceremony on TV

timeof record popularity, far cry from the 1992 “annus horribilis”

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annus horribilis

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when fairytale weddings gave way to the divorces of PChalres and PAndrew

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For some William and Kate

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contribute to the well-being of the institution as they bring contemporary influence to the royal court and modernize Monarchy

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the well-being of this institution surely depends on

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its ability to modernize itself

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case in point:

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the Crown Act 2013 which modifies the laws governing the succession in the UK: allowing girls to succeed to the throne with right equal to those of boys

allows the Monarch to marry a Roman Catholic

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British P CHalres

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48% of the British are said to distrust PC and would rather skip a generation

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the british have always felt proud of this system

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in a recent poll: 2012: 69% of the British respondents claimed that GB would be worse off without the monarchy

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expensive

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the RF costs the UK around £36 M/year

this figure is rising

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good value for money

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they cost less than that of Norway
employs 1200 people
the sovereign has to pay income tax
they generate more money than they cost

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the french presidency

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costs three times the amount paid for the Cron

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PW and KM’s wedding cost

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20M£ but is calculated to have brought £1G for the UK economy

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with the 2008 economic crisis

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the British have been struggling just to kep their jobs and houses
in this context, the legitimacy of the BMonarch can be called into question (since it has been increasingly expensive)

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Pbtique

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To what extent is the BM still legitimate in an ever-changing and modern society?