[pepsi_junkie]

She might be thinking that the monarchy is like a vestigial orgaan, its original purpose no longer relevant and yet it sits there still, useless. Perhaps she thinks that Brown's yielding of her power to parlaiment is in the best interests of all, and that before she dies she will abdicate and eliminate the monarchy altogether.

But I'll bet not. So will she sit idly by and see her own power diminished?

[JHT]

“Perhaps she thinks that Brown’s yielding of her power to parlaiment is in the best interests of all, and that before she dies she will abdicate and eliminate the monarchy altogether.

But I’ll bet not. So will she sit idly by and see her own power diminished?”

Her power? Although the power to declare war falls under the Royal Perogative, this can only be exercised currently on formal advice of the Prime Minister. If the proposed change would be enacted the power would only be enacted on formal advice of the Prime Minister following a Commons vote (ie much the same approach Tony Blair took to the invasion of Iraq although he was not obliged to). Hence no change whatsoever to the power of the Monarch.