Crown

1917 Proclamation
Issued by King George V declaring that the Royal Family would be known as the House of WIndsor.
www.heraldica.org/faqs/windsor.html

The British Monarchy
Official site covers the monarch's role and the history of the monarchy; gives biographies of the Royal Family, tourist information for Royal Palaces and the Royal Collection

www.royal.gov.uk/

Act Establishing the Coronation Oath, 1689
Text of the Coronation Oath in use to this day.
www.worldfreeinternet.net/parliament/oath.htm

Bill of Rights, 1689
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown. Re-established the monarchy as a result of the Glorious Revolution following Cromwell's Commonwealth.
members.rogers.com/jacobites/documents/16891216.htm

College of Arms
Official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.
www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/

Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee
Official site. Features events and information about celebrations of HM The Queen's 50th anniversary on the throne.
www.goldenjubilee.gov.uk

Privy Council Office
Advises on the exercise of prerogative powers and certain functions assigned to the Queen including.affairs of charities and companies who are incorporated by Royal Charter. Also in respect of certain statutory regulatory bodies covering a number of professions and in the world of higher education.
www.privy-council.org.uk

Privy Council: Let's abolish this absurdity
Roy Hattersley, a member of the privy council explains its function and calls for the ending of the odd circle which surrounds the monarch in this article for the Guardian newspaper.
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4105123,00.html

The Act of Settlement (1700)
Though modified, in part, by the subsequent Act of Settlement passed in the next year, the 1700 Act remains in force as part of the British Constitution outlining the rules governing the monarchy.
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/2295/aost.html

The Act of Settlement (1701)
Text of the Act which restricts the royal succession to Protestants.
members.rogers.com/jacobites/documents/1701settlement.htm

The Act of Supremacy
Passed in 1534, this is the piece of legislation which declares that the sovereign is Supreme Head of the Church of England.
tudorhistory.org/primary/supremacy.html

The Crown Estate
Property owned by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom in right of the Crown - with origins dating back almost 1000 years. Official site provides detailed information on the estates and their history.
www.crownestate.co.uk

The role of the British Monarch
Short essay on the Queen's role in the British constitution.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/1562/monarchy.html

The Royal Marriage Act, 1772
Act requiring the consent of the Sovereign before a member of the Royal Family can marry.
www.heraldica.org/faqs/rma1772.html