Talk:Queen Elizabeth II
Could someone please change that picture?
Seconded. I'll go on a trawl. Stargrave 07:39, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Now i've figured out how to use this thing properly ;) - Reverted the vandalism to the original picture, even though it took me a couple of attempts. I'll still see if I can find a better one, but this should do for now unless it gets vandalised again Stargrave 07:49, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Doesn't mention she is the British Head of State or that acts of parliament must be signed by her.
- Yes, and the actual situation regarding her political power, or lack thereof, is somewhat more complicated than it appears, tying, as it does, into the history of the Civil War, the Reformation and so on. We'll have to see what we can do about that without straying off-topic. Stargrave 08:04, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Male preference
If nobody minds, I've deleted the reference to HM's original position in the line of succession being a result of the preference given to males. In her case it was irrelevant. Edward VIII and George VI were the oldest children of George V, and George VI had no sons. If there had been no preference for males, she still would have been third in line.
Interestingly, the last time the male preference made a difference was when Queen Victoria died in 1901, with the crown passing to her eldest son Edward VII. Victoria's eldest child was Princess Victoria who married the German Emperor - the whole of 20th century European history could have been very different! Ferret 08:35, 6 July 2007 (EDT)
re Acts
An editor persists in adding the paragrapgh claiming that the queen is a pro-abortion, pro-globalism liberal. This is childish ignorance: the Queen does not decide which Acts to sign or decline - she does not defy the will of Parliament, and thus the will of the people, by refusing to sign any Act. No monarch has defied Parliament/the people since queen Anne refused to sign an Act which would arm the Scottish militias - just when France was threatening war - in 1708. (The Scots had previously taken up arms against the English and on the side of the French.) NeilWalker (talk) 16:21, 20 August 2017 (EDT)