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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Queen Anne, 1708

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:56 PM

Mar 2019

The last bill that was refused assent by the sovereign (on the advice of ministers) was the Scottish Militia Bill during Queen Anne's reign in 1708.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_assent

What's 300 years of precedent between friends?

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