 |
|
|
|
Home : European : United Kingdom : Government : Crown
|
|
Links:
|
|
-
1917 Proclamation
Issued by King George V declaring that the Royal Family would be known as the House of WIndsor.
http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/windsor.html
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
Bill of Rights, 1689
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.
http://members.rogers.com/jacobites/documents/16891216.htm
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
College of Arms
Official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.
http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
Privy Council Office
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 professions and in the world of higher education.
http://www.privy-council.org.uk
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
Privy Council: Let's abolish this absurdity
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.
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4105123,00.html
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
The Act of Settlement (1700)
Though modified, in part, by the subsequent Act of Settlement passed in the next year, the 1700 Act remains in force as part of the British Constitution outlining the rules governing the monarchy.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/2295/aost.html
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
The Act of Supremacy
Passed in 1534, this is the piece of legislation which declares that the sovereign is Supreme Head of the Church of England.
http://tudorhistory.org/primary/supremacy.html
(Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
The British Monarchy
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
http://www.royal.gov.uk/
(Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
-
The Crown Estate
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.
http://www.crownestate.co.uk
(Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
|
Meet United Kingdom Singles at UKPersonalsOnline.com
|
|
|
|
|
