...more Constitutional, more normal, or more thoroughly useful than that of ingeminating political peace. The right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn, were the three prerogatives which Walter Bagehot ascribed to the British Sovereign; and he added, shrewdly...

...claim to be, Mr. Bagehot, who, in his work on the ' English Constitution,' lays down the doctrine that the Sovereign has ' three rights — the right to...consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn.' Beyond these limits the Queen is not allowed to go. She cannot compel a Ministry to take a particular...

...claim to be, Mr. Bagchot, who, in his work on the ' English Constitution,' lays down the doctrine that the Sovereign has ' three rights — the right to...consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn.' Beyond these limits the Queen is not allowed to go. She cannot compel a Ministry to take a particular...

...the sake of a party triumph. Walter Bagehot, in his treatise on the British Constitution, asserted, "The sovereign has three rights : the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn, and a king of great sense and sagacity should want no others." With all these rights...

...the sake of a party triumph. Walter Bagehot, in his treatise on the British Constitution, asserted, " The sovereign has three rights: the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn, and a king of great sense and sagacity should want no others." With all these rights...

...generally extraneous. "The sovereign," says Walter Bagehot, " has under a constitutional monarchy the three rights the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn." Add to this the right to steal, and behold the boss. Elsewhere, speaking of the monarchy, Bagehot has...

...generally extraneous. "The sovereign," says Walter Bagehot, " has under a constitutional monarchy the three rights, the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn." Add to this the right to steal, and behold the boss ! Elsewhere, speaking of the monarchy, Bagehot...

...nevertheless deservedly great. And in the modified sense of the prerogative it has been said that the Crown has three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the ripht to warn. Yet even now the power and prerogative of the Crown, and also its duties, are considerable....

...influence has been substituted for power ; or as Bagehot puts it in his own emphatic way, the Crown has "three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others."3 But after the advice...

...empowered to veto any bill passed by Parliament, but he never exercises this power. He has in reality only the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn. He cannot permanently oppose the wishes of the majority in Parliament, for should he venture to do...