What happens if the Queen of England goes crazy and decides to order the country to war? Does parliament have powers to stop her?
I live in the UK, and I really have no idea about how much power the monarchy still retains. I’m yet to find a good website to explain all this, but I’m positive one exists.
Thanks in advance.
Yes. Parliament would appoint a regent, presumably Prince Charles, to take over. The obvious precedent is the case of George III.
“Queen and the Armed Services
The monarch is Head of the Armed Forces and it is the monarch alone who can declare war and peace. (This dates from the times when the monarch was responsible for raising, maintaining and equipping the Army and Navy, and often leading them into battle.) These powers, however, cannot now be exercised on the monarch’s own initiative. The Bill of Rights (1689) declared that ‘the raising or keeping of a standing army within the Kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against the law’. The monarch’s powers today cannot be exercised except upon the advice of responsible Ministers.”