The Monarchy and the Constitution

very readable ... It is a timely publication ... Its five useful appendices and select bibliography provide a menu of facts and preliminary reading which should be compulsory for anyone thinking of lifting the pen to write on the subject in future.

• 1. The Evolution of Constitutional Monarchy ; 2. The Basic Constitutional Rules: The Rules of Succession ; 3. The Basic Constitutional Rules: Influence and the Prerogative ; 4. The Appointment of a Prime Minister ; 5. The Constitutional Crises ; 6. Hung Parliaments and Proportional Representation ; 7. The Financing of the Monarchy ; 8. The Sovereign's Private Secretary ; 9. The Sovereign and the Church ; 10. The Sovereign and the Commonwealth ; 11. The Future of Constitutional Monarchy ; Appendix 1. Sovereigns since Henry VIII ; Appendix 2. British Prime Ministers since 1782 ; Appendix 3. Private Secretaries since 1870 ; Appendix 4. Member states of the Commonwealth, 1995 ; Appendix 5. Some Constitutional Episodes Involving the Use of Royal Power since 1900