Course Paper The Role of the Monarchy in Modern Britain
Omsk State Pedagogical University
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Course Paper
The Role of the Monarchy in Modern Britain
Student: N.S. Golovatenko
Group № 403
Checked by: A.A. Shestova
Position: Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate professor
Department: English Language
Omsk -2014
CONTENTS:
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….......3
The Role of the Monarchy in Modern Britain…………………………………………4
Summary.………………………………………………………………………………...8
Sources…………………………………………………………………………………9
Introduction
Britain's constitutional monarchy developed over a long period of time. Until the end of the seventeenth century, British monarchs had the right to make and pass legislation. Over time, the powers of the monarch were limited, both by laws enacted by Parliament and by changing political practices and customs. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the day-to-day exercise of political power was gradually taken over by Parliament, the Prime Minister and the cabinet eventually developing into a modern constitutional monarchy. It is a form of government in which an elected or hereditary monarch acts as Head of State. Unlike an absolute monarchy, where the king or queen is the sole source of power, in a constitutional monarchy the monarch's power is limited and shared with other parts of the government. People say that nowadays the power of the monarch in the modern British system is mostly symbolic and ceremonial, summed up by the saying, "the Queen reigns but she does not rule." In other words, as a constitutional monarch, the Queen plays an important role in the government, but does not have any real power. She cannot make or pass legislation and must remain politically neutral. As Head of State, Elizabeth II performs many official duties but almost always acts on the advice of her elected ministers.
Thus, let us the problem of the role of the monarchy in modern Britain. It will be understood to be the role of the monarchy both
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Course Paper
The Role of the Monarchy in Modern Britain
Student: N.S. Golovatenko
Group № 403
Checked by: A.A. Shestova
Position: Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate professor
Department: English Language
Omsk -2014
CONTENTS:
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….......3
The Role of the Monarchy in Modern Britain…………………………………………4
Summary.………………………………………………………………………………...8
Sources…………………………………………………………………………………9
Introduction
Britain's constitutional monarchy developed over a long period of time. Until the end of the seventeenth century, British monarchs had the right to make and pass legislation. Over time, the powers of the monarch were limited, both by laws enacted by Parliament and by changing political practices and customs. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the day-to-day exercise of political power was gradually taken over by Parliament, the Prime Minister and the cabinet eventually developing into a modern constitutional monarchy. It is a form of government in which an elected or hereditary monarch acts as Head of State. Unlike an absolute monarchy, where the king or queen is the sole source of power, in a constitutional monarchy the monarch's power is limited and shared with other parts of the government. People say that nowadays the power of the monarch in the modern British system is mostly symbolic and ceremonial, summed up by the saying, "the Queen reigns but she does not rule." In other words, as a constitutional monarch, the Queen plays an important role in the government, but does not have any real power. She cannot make or pass legislation and must remain politically neutral. As Head of State, Elizabeth II performs many official duties but almost always acts on the advice of her elected ministers.
Thus, let us the problem of the role of the monarchy in modern Britain. It will be understood to be the role of the monarchy both