Victoribus Spolia wrote:Obviously its primarily ceremonial, hence the subject of the thread "The RESTORATION of the British Monarchy. Is It Possible?"
Like I said in my hypothetical, technically speaking, the monarch has certain legal functions. Technically the opening of the parliament cannot happen without the monarch's permission after his/her speech. Likewise, the armed forces swear loyalty to the King or Queen and not to the parliament. Obviously these technicalities are far-fetched, but technically, the Crown could call upon these in a time when the situation would benefit him.
When would such a time occur? I gave a hypothetical scenario, that in our present world, is not unthinkable. It is not unthinkable for a great tragedy by an Islamic exteremist to befall England, it is not unthinkable for parliament to be unpopular, and it is not unthinkable for england or any european country to be disillusioned with mass islamic immigration or the EU. My point, is that given these possibilites, if the the hypothetical case occured, this would be occasion for the monarchy to assert itself on these technicalties and likely without the disapproval of the native population or certain allies and use such an event as a pivot towards a regained absolutism.
Likewise, in my scenario, I did not say that the monarch would rule an anglo-sphere empire or alliance, only that so far the United State under Trump or a Trump-like figure was in support of the monarch, and that a conservative government was in power in Canada. How this would all pan out is left to you and those interested in using their imagination a bit. I favor the rise of an Anglo-Sphere Empire, but that does not mean you have to see such an outcome, given my hypothetical, as likely.
Parliament is already unpopular. But I don't see the Royals ever ceasing power - even under such extreme Islamic terrorism, because they are unpopular.
As for the Royals legal obligations towards parliament, you need to understand the context of these powers. In essence, the Queen is powerless to parliament. Even her Royal prerogative, mentioned so often during the signing of article 50 is not hers. Her speech to parliament is written for her. She is legally obliged to open parliament, it isn't a choice. And yes, the armed forces swear allegiance to the Queen, but the orders come from parliament. William can refuse to open parliament, but that wouldn't stop it from functioning (though it would stop Royal funding).
So to answer your question, under your scenario, what is likely to occur would be a hung parliament with a coalition of minor smaller parties rather than Royal leadership.
@SolarCross, that's interesting and all, but do you think the monarchy has the same powers today as it did prior to 1651? Now ask yourself why?