The real possibilities of the Queen of Great Britain

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1.There may not know everything that Queen Elizabeth has complete immunity to prosecution. Or that she has a personal poet laureate, who receives a salary wine. Or that it owns all British swans and the Government of Australia, it can dismiss in its entirety.

2. Queen Elizabeth has such powers that an ordinary person could not have dreamed a dream.

Swans.

British queen officially owns all the swans on "certain sections of the Thames and its tributaries", but in fact any unmarked swan, found himself in a place other than the Thames, it may be the property of Elizabeth.

The authorities hold annual banding "royal" birds, but, of course, all the track impossible.

3. Fish.

All the animals in the waters around the UK - whether dolphins, whales and sturgeons belong to the Queen under the law of 1324. The law states being-caught within 5 km from the shores of Britain, the catch belong to the Crown.

In 2004, a fisherman, was detained by the police catch 10-pound sturgeon during spawning. The charge was brought against him by the Queen's face.

4. Driver's license.

In fact, the Queen has a driver's license issued in the name of it. But under the law, they are not required for it. As well as the license plate number on the car. For reference, the Queen learned to drive during the Second World War, she worked as a driver in the ambulance.

In 1998, the Queen was very surprised the King of Saudi Arabia (then Prince) when rolling it around the neighborhood. Without waiting for a dirty trick, the Crown Prince sat on the seat beside the driver, a translator sat behind him, and the queen under the puzzled look of the Arabs climbed into the driver's seat, put the key in the ignition and started riding guests. In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive a car, let alone from the old queen, and a fortiori no one did not expect.

The Prince was very nervous when the Queen was dispersed in the narrow streets of the Scottish. Through a translator, he begged the Queen to slow down and keep more careful.

5. In contrast to the rest of the royal family, Elizabeth not have a passport, because passport issued "on behalf of the Queen." In spite of this, the queen is still traveling around the world without bureaucratic restrictions.

The Queen two days of birth.

In fact, she was born on April 21st. But officially the whole United Kingdom celebrates its birth in June. According to the Royal Code, birthdays are celebrated all monarchs are not in the day of their actual birth.

Festivities prefer to spend the summer with fireworks and a parade.

6. The Queen has a cash terminal. He provided one of the most prestigious banks in the UK and is in Buckingham Palace. It is used more for the needs of workers than for private.

Also the Queen has a court poet. His candidacy approves the queen herself, and all the work of the court therefore automatically considered to be "the greatest achievement of the nation."

When the position was first established, the poet was paid a salary of 200 pounds and about 100 gallons of wine (about 400 liters). At present, therefore to work for a barrel of sherry. Who takes the position of Poet Carol Ann Duffy.

7. Queen is obliged to sign all laws. Her signature is needed in order to become law in the current law. Once the bill is approved by both Houses of Parliament, it is sent to the Queen for approval to the palace, the so-called "royal assent". In addition to the "sanctions" there is such a phenomenon as "royal assent" are two different things. Queen must give their consent if the bill in any way affect the interests of the monarchy. Without her "consent" such a bill may not even be discussed in parliament.

Basically, the question of "the royal consent," the Council of Ministers goes up to block the most radical opposition block bills.

According to recently discovered information, the right of veto was used by Queen for the last time at least 39 times. For example, in 1999, the Queen has blocked the bill for military operations in Iraq.

In this bill, Parliament wanted the queen gave him a right to control the military operation in Iraq. Since the project affected the rights of the monarch, the queen by the Council of Ministers has rejected it, citing the act of "royal consent."

"This will open the eyes of all those who believe that the queen - a ceremonial figure," - wrote in the British newspaper.

8. At the Queen can not be a criminal case, as the charge usually comes from the very same person of the queen. So she can not testify in court, to be a witness.

In theory, the English monarch "is incapable of evil thoughts and deeds," but been speculated that the immunity of the royal persons should be put into question in recent years.

By law, the queen is exempt from taxes, but in fact it voluntarily pays income tax and property tax.

Until 2011, the queen had the authority to dissolve the parliament and call early elections. But after not too long ago issued a law on the timing of parliamentary dissolve the parliament, it can only be supported by 2/3 of the House of Commons.

9. Despite the fact that almost all of its decisions, the Queen based on the Council of Ministers, there is one exception, which allows it to take power into their own hands completely. Only when the country is "in a state of severe constitutional crisis", the monarch may take decisions "without the approval of Ministers or in spite of them."

Precedents are not yet happened, so it is not clear until the end, that in fact this power and these decisions will look like.

Australia. As the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth has every right to dismiss the entire Australian Parliament. The precedent was in 1975, when the protege of Elizabeth in Australia, the Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the Prime Minister, and three hours later - and the entire Parliament.

Church. As the head of the Church of England, the Queen has the right to appoint bishops and archbishops.

But at the moment it does not fully use this right, preferring to take a decision, coordinating them with the Prime Minister.

10. And now a list of the most notorious of the rights of the British Queen.

1. City Hungerford (Rec. Berkshire) is obligated to present a red rose to the queen in exchange for fishing in the surrounding areas (all the fish, as we know, belongs to the monarch)

2. Duke of Atholl is obliged to provide the monarch rose on demand. The last time this happened during the reign of Queen Victoria, and the number and color of roses is unclear.

3. When the monarch passes / passes Kidwelly Castle (Wales), the owner of the castle is obliged to provide him with bodyguards in full knightly attire. Now complicate the implementation of this commitment is that for a long time the castle in ruins.

4. Marquis Aylesbury must whenever the monarch passes through its ownership, sound the horn. The last time it happened in 1943.

5. Some landowners by age-old laws have to pay dues to the monarch for their land, a kind of historic tax. But measurements of this tax is very unusual:

- The owner of the castle Sohlemur should put on the festive table three glasses of red wine in the New Year's Eve for the beloved grandmother of James IV of Scotland (1474-1513 biennium)

- The owner of Fowlis on the first request of the monarch is obliged to dazzle snowball in the height of summer

- Gloucester City pays for the use of the royal lands ogromenny pie with eel

- Duke of Wellington is obliged to present a gift to noon June 19 the French tricolor in honor of the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo

11. The Board of Elizabeth was the longest in the history of Britain. Not so long ago, it has selected the palm of his great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.

During Elizabeth's life changed 16 British Prime Ministers, 15 US presidents and 12 presidents of France.

12. Legacy. Despite actively publish articles about what the queen wants to bypass the eldest son of Charles pass the crown beloved grandson William, such an outcome is unlikely.

Himself Prince William has already commented on the rumors that "it is not even being discussed".