The row involving the King hosting the EU chief just hours after she agreed a new Brexit deal shows how the monarch has to “tread carefully” over his political role to a greater extent than his late mother, constitutional experts have said
During her reign, the Queen very rarely waded into politics – and when she did so it was at the behest of Downing Street. When she told a well-wisher outside Crathie Kirk near Balmoral, on the eve of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, that she hoped “people will think very carefully about the future” it was no off-the-cuff remark but a carefully-staged intervention requested by then prime minister David Cameron.
When the new King addressed both houses of Parliament less than a week after his mother’s death last September, he pledged to uphold the “vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment, for the betterment of us all” adding that “Parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy”.
Dr Prescott added: “The King did not travel to Cop, following the advice of Liz Truss, although we all know that he probably would have done had he been allowed. Indeed, this is quite a good example of his understanding his role.” Dr Prescott said: “Had the King met, say, the Japanese prime minister as part of a process of signing a UK-Japan trade agreement, then you simply wouldn’t have the same controversy. Any such agreement might have its own issues, but it’s not quite the same or as intense.”
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