| Posted: 23 April 2018 at 8:45am | IP Logged | 5
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I think when the inevitable situation occurs of a new sovereign succeeding the Queen, the UK will not be the issue, but the rest of the Commonwealth. I think it's far more likely that Australia will seriously question whether they should become a Republic, than the UK doing anything radical.
I don't think Charles' political lobbying poses the threat of a constitutional crisis, because the precedent under UK law is quite clear on the matter. Parliament has sovereignty. Being a loudly opinionated monarch would likely be unpopular, threaten the neutrality of the crown and may be in breach of constitutional conventions, but it doesn't create some kind of unprecedented situation; the law is quite clear that parliament has the power, the monarch does not.
For example, Queen Victoria threatened to abdicate to pressure Disraeli into military conflict against Russia in 1877 and 1878. Disraeli ignored her and there was no constitutional crisis.
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