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The Royal Prerogative: Most Important Source Of The Constitution
In this essay I will be explaining what the Royal Prerogative is and if it is the most important source of the constitution. The Royal Prerogative is traditional powers and privileges of monarchs, such as to make war and peace, and to act as the head of the executive in the country. Furthermore some more examples of the powers and privileges given were to command armies and appoint generals to fight with the monarch, to appoint ministers, to raise money to pay soldiers and to appoint judges to maintain law and order.
The reason why the Royal Prerogative is still the most important part of the constitution is because the Queen who is formal head of state gives her powers to the Prime Minister, however if there was ever a dictator in power the Queen would not pass a law. Subsequently the UK constitution is old and many people who live in the UK like the old fashion history and want to retain the UKs values. The Royal Prerogative is the most important source of the UK constitution because it grants power to the Prime Minister and Queen to achieve their constitutional tasks. The power to send troops in to a war is one of the Royal Prerogatives, this is from the Crown rather than being discussed by Parliament it was using this that took the UK to war with Iraq.

However the reason why the Royal Prerogative is not the most important …show more content…
A convention is a long established custom or tradition just like the Royal Prerogative. It also has the same force as the law. It is now a recognized convention that the decision to go to war is taken by the Prime Minister even though it is part of the Royal Prerogative. An example of this is when Tony Blair ordered to send troops into Serbia and Kosovo. Therefore the Convention and the Royal Prerogative have the same statues in importance however they are not as important as EU laws and Statues
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