Originally Posted by
fromdownunder
OK.
1. What other powers does the Queen have and use on a regular basis.
2. Twice you have said "they" do this and that. Who are these "they" of which you speak, and how do "they"operate on a day to day basis and confuse people.
If it is members of this forum you are speaking about, well, I accepted limitations to the Queens "rule" and "power" decades before this thread started, and these particular they have nothing to do with it. In fact every member who has posted on this thread, independent of each other, have reached the same conclusions and probably also many years ago.
Norm
1. All the Queen's powers are written in the Constitution.
Article 9 says she's the boss.
Article 15 says she's the head of the Armed Forces (in case anybody gets any ideas). Then there are other powers such as Royal Assent.
I've stated over and over, I can't speak about their use as there is no evidence. My OPINION, based on my read of human nature is that powerful people use their power and the Queen, IN MY OPINION, is no exception.
If, how, when or why she uses it - the details - I don't know.
That's all I have to say about her use of power.
2. 'They 1' refers to the monarchy's public relations people. ETA: who dreamed up the figurehead scenario
'They 2' refers to all the pundits, constitutional scholars, etc who believe in the figurehead scenario and write about it. Like those links Norman A. posted.
Exactly how and when the figurehead paradigm came about, I don't know. But it's mainly the Conventions that propagate it.
Maybe I'll do a post to explain how I see the relationship between the written and unwritten parts of the Constitution and how those two parts work together to create the illusion of a figurehead.