Some other key dates are 1642, 1688, 1703.Like Victoria, Elizabeth’s public perception was tested by her response to an untimely death: the passing of Princess Diana in 1997. It was the first demonstration that the king was entitled to his traditioal rights, but anything outside those rights needed the consent of the lords (the taxed people).Įverything in between has been a case of the financially strong advancing their interests at the expense of the Crown, usually at times when the crown was going through crtical periods. Nevertheless writing them down was pretty revolutionary in those days.ġ389 was the first assembly where the king asked the lords to agree to a tax increase to fund his Irish wars. Magna Carta in 1215 did not change anything as it merely wrote down the rights and responsibilities of the king and barons as they understood them at that time. Universal Manhood Suffrage was introduced in 1867 and women got the vote in 1918 for 30yo, and extended to 21yo in 1928. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to ascend the throne with the full understanding that she would play no independent role in executive government, and that all actions she did take would be 'on the advice of the prime minister'.
By the end of George VI reign it was more ceremonial. World War 1 saw the the power of the monarchy became even more limited as the King handed over more power to parliament at the end if the War, That you could say what led to the modern Constitutional Monarchy.
Queen Victoria you could say was really the first monarch to reign and not Rule. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to a constitutional English monarchy restricted by laws such as the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701, although limits on the power of the monarch ('a limited monarchy') are much older than that (Magna Carta of 1215), With the Hanoverian accession in Britain onwards, monarchs saw their powers pass further to their ministers, and Royal neutrality in politics became cemented from around the start of the reign of Queen Victoria (though she had her personal favorites) and enlargements to the franchise.įrom 1689 onward the power of the monarch slowly became more limited. England was a Absolute Monarchy until 1215 when it became a Semi Constitutional Monarchy which lasted until 1689 when it became a Constitutional Monarchy. It wasn't really one big event but it was a bunch of little things along the way that led to the Modern Constitutional Monarchy in the U.K today. Surprise that no one has replied to this thread after a week but I will put my two cents and opinion into this and anyone is Welcome to disagree with me as they probably know more then me.
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