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The UK monarchy could be abolished within two generations (www.businessinsider.in)

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

The Queen lobbies to change laws to her liking.

I thought that was explicitly against their constitution? Though, it's par for the course for legislation to not apply to the elite of the West, so...

[–] uthredii@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago

This is where I read about the lobbying that the Queen does: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/28/queen-secretly-lobbied-scottish-ministers-climate-law-exemption