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stephannie sanchez
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Date Posted: 22:06:01 10/11/04 Mon
In reply to:
Stuart
's message, "The fall of the monarchy" on 19:29:41 12/10/03 Wed
>I'm writing an essay on the fall of the British
>monarchy, but I'm unsure where to start and there
>isn't an awful lot of stuff online about the downfall
>of the monarchy (not that I've been able to find) and
>so I was hoping someone would be able to highlight a
>couple of the main reasons for the downfall.
>Preferably with some examples...
>
>I know a major problem for the monarchy was the fact
>that they were spending far too much money, and it
>kept increasing. I also know that war caused some
>ministers (Pitt and someone else) to tell the king
>that he needed a prime minister to take voer things
>because there was too much going on for one man to
>control...
>
>But where did it all go from there?
>
>Did the prime minister just keep taking more and more
>power from the monarchs until Queen Elizabeth lost the
>power to choose the leader of the Tory party in 1965
>or whenever that was?
>
>I really would appreciate some help.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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