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	British monarchy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thus, as the modern British monarchy is a constitutional one, the Sovereign's role is limited to ceremonial and non-partisan functions.
		However, the reign was also marked by increased support for the republican movement, due in part to Victoria's permanent mourning and lengthy period of seclusion Following the death of her husband in 1861.
		As the British monarchy is a constitutional one, however, the monarch exercises the Royal Prerogative on the advice of ministers.
	british-monarchy.iqnaut.net (8792 words)

	British monarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British monarch or Sovereign is the head of state of the United Kingdom and in the British overseas territories.
		The British monarch is also Head of the Commonwealth, and the same person is also separately monarch of 15 other Commonwealth Realms; each nation–including the UK–being sovereign and independent of the others.
		The British Crown was seen as a unitary one, to which all Dominions and colonies were subordinate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_throne (9924 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Chronicles \| The king is dead
		After ascending to the throne in 1910, he and his queen travelled to India where he was crowned emperor in a grand coronation ceremony that was reported to have cost half a million pounds.
		As was only natural, the British community in Egypt undertook its own preparations to take part in the funeral ceremonies for George V. The British garrison in Cairo would be wearing fl mourning sashes on the day of the funeral, no music would be played and all evening parties were to be cancelled.
		The British public was incensed, to the extent that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin felt compelled to caution the king of Great Britain and Ireland and the emperor of India that the British people would not tolerate this relationship.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/720/chrncls.htm (2938 words)

	Succession to the British Throne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1461, the Lancastrian Henry VI was deposed by the Yorkist Edward IV.
		James II and VII was the last British monarch to be deposed; his Protestant opponents forced him to flee from the country in 1688.
		The individuals closest to the throne to be disqualified from succeeding to due to being born out of wedlock are the Hon Benjamin Lascelles and the Hon Emily Lascelles, who would have otherwise ranked fortieth and forty-first in the line of succession respectively, after their father, Viscount Lascelles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Succession_to_the_British_Throne (3436 words)

	Queen Elizabeth marks 50 years on British throne Russia upbeat on arms deal, warns of problems ahead France's Vedrine ...
		Propelled to the throne at the age of 25, the fl-suited Elizabeth cut a slight and wan figure as she returned to London to be formally welcomed to her new role by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime leader.
		The collapse of the marriages of three of her four children has made it more difficult for the royal family to be seen as a model for the nation.
		British and French leaders are launching charm offensives this week to help drive an economic recovery across Africa, but analysts warn that the continent's chaos could undermine that mission.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=26978 (2839 words)

	37. The Beginning of British Guiana
		By this time investment by British banks in the Guyanese sugar plantations was very high and they faced a serious problem of the devaluation of their stocks if shipping was not resumed.
		These British bankers felt that only the resumption of British control of Guyana could save their investment and this view was supported by the planters in Guyana.
		The British invasion of Guyana occurred on the 17 September 1803 and the soldiers were joyously welcomed by the planters.
	www.guyana.org /features/guyanastory/chapter37.html (966 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Chronicles \| Feelings of love
		This was "to marry a British woman of the aristocratic class who would be suitable to become queen of England." Meanwhile, Masiha continues, the king was fed up with all the rumours and pressure regarding his marriage.
		In his opinion, the British public was correct in rejecting the appeals by some newspapers on behalf of the king and in opposing his marriage to a woman who had two living ex-husbands.
		The theory, the source of which was a British lord, had it that Edward VIII was the victim of a plot to depose him.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/728/chrncls.htm (2914 words)

	CNN.com - Do British royals belong in a wax museum? - June 4, 2002
		The British monarchy institutionalizes the idea that some people are born better than others, imbued by God with some kind of special powers.
		I think the queen and the royal family have got a job to do, which is to serve in the duty and the way they have to do it, which a million people...
		Her job, actually, is to, I think, to act as a figurehead to the British people.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/04/cf.crossfire (961 words)

	What number am I in line to the throne? \| Ask MetaFilter
		The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by statute; the Act of Settlement confirmed that it was for Parliament to determine the title to the throne.
		There's also a Line of succession to the British Throne article (showing the first 161, which may or may not be the whole list), and I don't see "uk_giffo" there.
		Under British law, the second person in line to the throne, Prince William, is a commoner, since he is neither a sovereign or a peer.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/17690 (809 words)

	British Royal Biographies
		George VI took the throne not as Albert I, as he would have been styled, but as George VI in order to ensue the continuity of the monarchy in the eyes of the people.
		British law currently puts Anne eighth in line to the throne, after her brothers and their children.
		She was the vice president of the British Red Cross and had served as a member of the International Red Cross advisory board since 1994.
	tracy_prinze.tripod.com /theentertainerswelove/id37.html (4924 words)

	British Irsralism-Justification for an Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Israelites arrived at this figure by first establishing that during at least half of the 765 years from the time of the Exodus to the capture of Samaria in 721 B.C.E., idolatry (the worship of Baal) flourished in the Northern Kingdom.
		This is the salvation of the throne of David as viewed by British-Israelism for, although Nebuchadnezzar had killed all the male heirs to the throne of David, he had failed to exterminate the daughters of Zedekiah.
		The British people would have nothing to fear from their upstart neighbors on the continent; France had been put in her place through the defeat of Napoleon's navy at the Battle of Trafalgar, and his army at Waterloo.
	www.revneal.org /Writings/british.htm (13321 words)

	THE ORIGIN OF BRITISH ISRAELISM
		It follows as an irresistible conclusion that the throne of England is in the family of king George and not in the ten tribes of Israel.
		This is done to connect Zedekiah's daughter with the royal throne of Judah, and to establish king George of England on David's throne.
		His seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven." The word seed in these verses is called fruit in Acts 2 :29, where Peter quotes these passages and applied them to Jesus Christ, the seed.
	www.seeking4truth.com /British_Israelism.htm (16264 words)

	Religious Movements: British-Israelism/Anglo-Israelism
		Others assert that the idea precipitated from a Dr. Abade of Amsterdam when he allegedly wrote in 1723, "Unless the ten tribes have flown into the air...they must be sought for in the north and west, and in the British Isles" (Orr).
		Writers of British-Israelism contend that the Stone of Scone, which the British use in the coronation of their kings and queens, is the same stonethat coronated King David in Israel.
		Special note of interest:it relates British- Israelism to Yahwism, which asserts that Yahweh is theparticular name of the God of Israel.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/britisrael.html (2131 words)

	United Technologies Corporation -- UTC sponsors British-French painting exhibit at Met Museum
		UTC is sponsoring an exhibit of 19th century French and English artworks, "Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism," at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
		French artists were inspired by British art, literature and drama, and British painters influenced them in their choice of subject matter and in their freedom of handling both oil and watercolor.
		In turn, British artists shared their studios with their French counterparts, collaborated with Parisian print publishers and exhibited in the Paris Salons.
	www.utc.com /press/highlights/2003-10-03_met.htm (331 words)

	CNN - Queen Elizabeth: Girls should have equal rights to throne - Feb. 28, 1998
		LONDON (CNN) -- It may not happen in your lifetime, but one day a British monarch's first child will be a girl, and she'll automatically be first in line for the throne.
		"Her Majesty had no objection to the government's view that, in determining the line of succession of the throne, daughters and sons should be treated in the same way," Lord Williams, a junior minister in the Home Office, told the lords.
		Elizabeth II ascended to the throne, because she was the eldest daughter and had no brothers.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9802/28/brit.succession (502 words)

	British Memorial Garden New York - Events
		Royal patronage is eagerly sought by organizations in the United Kingdom and not easily obtained, particularly that of the heir to the British throne who is already patron of numerous causes.
		The British landscape architectural husband and wife team of Julian and Isabel Bannerman visited New York in September to participate in the presentation of the British Memorial Garden project at a meeting of the Art Commission of the City of New York.
		The British Memorial Garden Trust is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization managed by the British Consulate-General and the St. George’s Society of New York.
	www.britishmemorialgarden.org /events03.html (2060 words)

	The United States and Britain in Fantasy
		According to Ruth Tucker, the idea that British ancestry could be traced to ancient Israel originated in the seventeenth century with a man named John Sadler.
		Later, Canadian-born Richard Brothers (1757-1824) claimed a right to the British throne based on his assertion that he was a descendant of King David of Israel.
		British monarchs spend part of the coronation ceremony sitting on this chair with the stone beneath them.
	www.wordofhisgrace.org /usbc.htm (1958 words)

	British princess seduced Russian sailor - Pravda.Ru
		In June 1953, Captain Olimpy Rudakov, the most handsome officer in the Baltic Fleet, brought the Sverdlov cruiser to Portsmouth to a naval parade dedicated to accession to the throne of Elizabeth II.
		He explained the problem to the Princess, but the latter said she had a written permit of the Queen for the Princess to travel about British castles with the Russian captain within ten days.
		After the British campaign, Olimpy Rudakov became head of a chair at the Navy Academy where he worked till his death in June 1974.
	english.pravda.ru /main/18/90/363/15053_Sailor.html (1065 words)

	Meridian Magazine :: Science and Religion :: Geological Evidence for the British Throne of David?
		There is a strong tradition that the British royal line is the continuation of the throne of King David of the ancient "United Kingdom" of Israel and Judah.
		These similarities alone do not prove that the kings really are the royal blood of Israel, but such would be expected if the British throne is the continuation of the throne of David.
		Preliminary geological studies have indicated that the Stone of Destiny, upon which British monarchs have been crowned for centuries might indeed be the stone of Jacob as tradition asserts, because it matches a formation near Bethel, the Biblical location of the stone the prophet Jacob found.
	www.meridianmagazine.com /sci_rel/030602british.html (5142 words)

	The history of Scotland - The Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie,The Young Pretender and the Jacobite Rebellion
		His father King James II was something of a problem when he came to the throne as he was a devout Catholic and his subjects were devout Protestants.
		James II was hated by the people and was forced to flee to France with his Queen and his son in 1688.
		In 1715 his son, James Edward, soon to be called the Old Pretender, attempted to supplant King George I on the throne, again with the aid of the French.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/Scotland-History/TwoPretenders.htm (701 words)

	The Statute of Westminster (1931): Canada's "Declaration of Independence"
		Both were once part of the British Empire, and both nations achieved their independence from it, but through entirely different methods.
		I honestly don't know how accurate this was, but while we're on the subject on the differences between Canada and the United States, one of the most significant is the political systems of the two.
		And to those of you who don't think all of this is possible, may I point you to the recent political debate afoot in Australia over whether to turn it from a constitutional monarchy to a republic.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_history/7178 (564 words)

	nbc4i.com - Entertainment - Information About The Third In Line To British Throne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He is third in line to the British throne, following his brother, Prince William, and his father, Prince Charles.
		A Jewish center in Los Angeles has urged Harry to go to Auschwitz with a British delegation on January 27, to mark the 60th anniversary of the camp's liberation.
		In 2003, he was chosen to be the captain of Britain's national school polo team in a tournament against France.
	www.nbc4i.com /entertainment/4080068/detail.html (813 words)

	CNN.com - Prince journals row to go to trial - Mar 17, 2006
		The heir to the throne had sued the Mail on Sunday newspaper for publishing extracts of a journal covering a trip to Asia for the 1997 handover of the British colony of Hong Kong to China during which he referred to Chinese officials as "appalling old waxworks."
		The row blew up over the British heir to the throne's habit of writing journals on foreign trips to send to his friends and family.
		Charles was suing for breach of copyright and confidentiality in a case aimed at determining whether members of the British royal family are entitled to the same level of privacy as ordinary members of the public.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/03/17/britain.charles (1372 words)

	UOAM.net - Belxan Usurps the Throne
		As seems to be the norm of late, the castle gates were locked.
		Decked in stately splendour, Lord British's throne room is clad in royal vermilion and flanked by statues and fine art.
		Rumor has it that it hath been months since his royal person was last seen occupying the royal throne.
	uoam.net /throne.html (329 words)

	FM VISIT PROVE OF MOLLAHS ALLEGIEACE TO BRITISH THRONE
		Kharazi has met his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, twice at the United Nations, and last month Sir John Kerr, the most senior Foreign Office official to visit Iran since the Islamic revolution of 1979, was in Tehran.
		Unidentified British diplomats told Reuters news agency that Cook would raise concerns about human rights in Iran, its implacable hostility towards Israel, and fears it may be planning to develop weapons of mass destruction.
		Britain is still regarded with suspicion in Iran for its imperial history in the Middle East, the special ties it had knotted with powerful Iranian clerics and close U.S. ties.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/kharrazi_britain_10100.htm (898 words)

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