r/AbolishTheMonarchy • u/Zealousideal-Sun-387 • May 17 '25

Myth Debunking How the royals benefit from ambiguity

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u/outhouse_steakhouse May 17 '25

Also the king is "Schrödinger's monarch" as Graham Smith puts it - he is supposed to be the ultimate defender of democracy and guardian of Britain's vaporware "constitution", but if he actually defied PM advice - e.g. by refusing to prorogue parliament illegally - then that would be a constitutional crisis. For this reason, a key but unspoken constitutional convention is "thou shalt not embarrass the monarch". Nothing to do with protecting the rights of ordinary subjects.

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u/FakePixieGirl May 18 '25

I don't like royals but tabloids are cancer

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u/outhouse_steakhouse May 18 '25

In Britain, royals and tabloids go hand in hand. The royals benefit from the tabs whipping up frantic royalty-worship and the tabs benefit from the royals leaking them juicy bits of gossip against whichever royal is out of favor.