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Queen's diamond jubilee: giving thanks and looking forward / Marshall, Peter

Marshall, Peter	Journal Article
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Publication	2012.
Summary/Abstract	The Queen's Diamond Jubilee occasions a recognition of her unique contribution to the development of the Commonwealth, especially the pervasive theme of service. The author also reflects on the role of faith in a multicultural and perhaps increasingly secular society. The Jubilee is, he argues, an occasion to look forward as well as back with clear heads and warm hearts.

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Service ; Sacrifice ; Head of the Commonwealth ; Faith ; Diamond Jubilee ; Church of England ;
Queen Elizabeth II ; Commonwealth Day Observance ; Internal Commonwealth

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Tuvalu and you: the monarch, the United Kingdom and the realms / Bonney, Norman; Morris, Bob

Bonney, Norman	Journal Article
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2012.

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The government plans to amend the royal succession rules by making primogeniture gender blind and ending marriage to a Roman Catholic spouse as a disqualification for succession. Achieving these goals means that the UK is dependent on the agreement of the fifteen Commonwealth countries-the 'realms'-that also have the Queen as head of state. The article questions whether these proposals go far enough when leaving intact other religious discriminatory rules hostile to Catholics and all others who cannot be in communion with the Church of England. It is maintained that a political disinclination to address and, as necessary, challenge the real as opposed to the formal position of the Church of England vitiates the government's approach. Moreover, it is asked whether the policy process itself should not become more open and democratic both within the UK and between the realms.

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Commonwealth ; Monarchy ; Realms ; Church of England ; Roman Catholics

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