How is the Queen of England elected?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_the_Queen_of_England_elected ^

[macquire]

The monarchy is not elected; the United Kingdom has a herditary monarchy with strict rules about who is to succede to the throne when a monarch dies or abdicates.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_the_Queen_of_England_elected#ixzz1GVzlfRl6

[Silentgypsy]

Thank the Creator for us mutts!

[Melas]

tongue in cheek post to razz the brit supporters here

Brit supporters? Last time that I checked, the brits were our most stalwart allies and had been for over a century. What is your problem with the English?

[golux]

Magnificent!

I am laughing out loud! That was a great scene to watch and just as good to read!

[Fiji Hill]

Well isn't that weird. I just continually get stunned by all the Prince William, Prince Harry, and Queen of England supporters. Not ELECTED?

How undemocratic!

[rlmorel]

I know...even just cutting and pasting it made me smile...and God knows, we can all be grateful for things to make us smile!

[macquire]

What is my problem with the British? Simple, Britain is rapidly becoming the Islamic Republic of Britain...

[GreenLanternCorps]

1. It’s Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “Queen of England” as a title has not existed since 1707.

2. While the monarchy is hereditary, it is hereditary by Act of Parliament. Ultimate authority in choosing the Sovereign is vested in Parliament.

3. There have been an number of Elected monarchs over the years:

a. The Kings of Malaysia are elected from among the Sultans of the Federation and serve a 5 year term.

b. The Kings of Cambodia are elected for life from among the members of the Royal family.

c. The Pope is elected and is the monarch of the Vatican City.

d. The Kings of Poland were elected.

e. As were the Apostolic Kings of Hungary.

f. Not to mention the Holy Roman Emperors.

[patton]

” I mean, if I went around sayin’ I was an empereror just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d
put me away!”

Funniest. Line. Ever.

[rlmorel]

LOL...it made me laugh just reading your writing.

Thank God for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. When I need a laugh, it never fails!

The funniest thing to me, that I never noticed until many years after I had seen it for the first time, was the scene where Sir Bedevere is helping the crowd determine if the woman is a witch or not. In the scene, he keeps lifting his face guard, and it never occurred to me that it was because the bars on it went right over each eye!

Here he is, the most learned of them all, and he has a face guard he can't see past!

[patton]

I don’t know why, but I remember it as, “What, some watery tart threw a sword at you, and that makes you king of england?”

Is there more than one version?

[patton]

“DENNIS: Well you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power
just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!”

Never mind - I see it in your qoute.

[InvisibleChurch]

Why does the queen have a sceptre? Because everyone works sceptre.