Walter Bagehot: “But this is nothing to what the Queen can by law do without consulting…”

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But this is nothing to what the Queen can by law do without consulting Parliament.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot points out the extensive powers of the Queen that can be exercised without parliamentary consultation.

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Walter Bagehot: “But this is nothing to what the Queen can by law do without consulting Parliament.”