Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Queen is 'disappointed' to miss national remembrance event Absence extends period of rest after hospital visit last month Back sprain not linked to previous health issue - palace source 'She's very well,' says Boris Johnson.
More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Sign up. There has been concern over the health of Elizabeth, the world's oldest and longest-reigning monarch, after she cancelled a number of planned trips and spent a night in hospital for an unspecified, although not COVID related, ailment, her first such overnight stay for years.
I think the whole country wishes her well. Elizabeth, who is queen of 15 other realms including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, has been resting at her Windsor Castle home since she stayed overnight in hospital 10 days ago after undergoing "preliminary investigations". In pictures: The Queen's busy October. Image source, PA Media. The Queen will be continuing light duties at Windsor. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Key moments from Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph. Related Topics. Published 8 hours ago. Published 11 hours ago. Published 22 October. Published 14 hours ago. Like many other powers, this is exercised only "on the advice of" elected government ministers. The Queen does not have to pay tax, but she has been voluntarily paying income tax and capital gains tax since The Queen previously wielded the power to dissolve Parliament and call a general election, but the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act put an end to that in Now a two-thirds vote in the commons is required to dissolve Parliament before a five-year fixed-term is up.
She does still play a part after an election, however, when she calls on the MP most able to form a government to do so. This caused some worry ahead of this year's General Election. It once looked as if the Conservatives might not have a majority but would be the largest party and would try to form a government. Meanwhile, it was feasible that Labour could form a majority, despite having fewer seats, by entering into a coalition with multiple other parties.
In this situation, the Queen would have been stuck between a rock and a hard place. Every year, she opens Parliament with the Queen's speech, which lays out the government's plans. But to give David Cameron's speech would arguably be to tacitly endorse his government — while staying away would send the opposite message. At one point, The Times was told by sources that she planned to "stay away" if Cameron failed to secure enough MPs, but the Palace later had an about-face.
Sure, they no longer ride around on horseback wooing maidens with their tales of valour, but Britain still retains knights. Like Lords, they are appointed by the Queen — and she knights them personally. Knighthoods are typically given to figures who have made a particular contribution to British society — whether in business, the arts, the military, or elsewhere.
After Terry Pratchett was knighted, the legendary fantasy author forged himself a special sword using pieces of a meteorite. The individuals knighted are decided by ministers, the BBC reports, "who present her with a list of nominees each year for her approval. All information about the royal family is exempt from Freedom of Information requests. The exemption was made after a legal battle between The Guardian and the government to have letters from Prince Charles sent to Whitehall ministers made public.
The so-called black spider memos were recently released, but the change means the same can't happen in the future. While the overwhelming majority of the Queen's prerogative powers are devolved to her ministers, there is one exception that allows her to wield power herself.
Only "in grave constitutional crisis," the Sovereign can "act contrary to or without Ministerial advice. As the head of state in Australia, the Queen has certain powers over the government. In , for example, the Queen's representative in the country at the time, Gov.
Sir John Kerr, fired the prime minister in response to a government shutdown. Then Australia held elections to restart from scratch. And they haven't had another shutdown since. All the above are Commonwealth Realms, or former British colonies. The British sovereign retains the position she holds in the United Kingdom, that of head of state.
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