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 - Official site covers the monarch's role and the history of the monarchy; gives biographies of the Royal Family, tourist information for Royal Palaces and the Royal Collection
- Advises on the exercise of prerogative powers and certain functions assigned to the Queen including.affairs of charities and companies who are incorporated by Royal Charter. Also in respect of certain statutory regulatory bodies covering a number of pro
- Short essay on the Queen's role in the British constitution.
- Text of the Act which restricts the royal succession to Protestants.
- An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown. Re-established the monarchy as a result of the Glorious Revolution following Cromwell's Commonwealth.
- Official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.
- Issued by King George V declaring that the Royal Family would be known as the House of WIndsor.
- Act requiring the consent of the Sovereign before a member of the Royal Family can marry.
- Property owned by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom "in right of the Crown" - with origins dating back almost 1000 years. Official site provides detailed information on the estates and their history.
- Text of the Coronation Oath in use to this day.
- Roy Hattersley, a member of the privy council explains its function and calls for the ending of the odd circle which surrounds the monarch in this article for the Guardian newspaper.
- Passed in 1534, this is the piece of legislation which declares that the sovereign is Supreme Head of the Church of England.
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