Looks like they make time after the meeting, because here's David Cameron confirming their weekly nature: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710855/My-weekly-chats-Queen-help-clear-head-says-Cameron-s-not-sure-gets-it.html

Umm surprising

still doesn't mean anything

The Queen, in turn, only swore an oath to defend the Church of England, if I recall correctly

Do you honestly think any sort of Real Politik works this way?

Thoughts on Anthony Bourdain?

@M4Gunner RIP, God will be getting some tasty steak.

I honestly think the British government works this way, because it does. This is what happens when your nation has no written constitution and a Bill of Rights that can easily be contradicted like any other law.

@RMS_Gigantic You are a fucking idiot then. Each politician has their own ideals, they don't suddenly meet the queen and after 40 odd years of being in politics think "the Crown and the realm"

The UK is not a republic

For all intents and purposes, it is. The monarchy has no _de facto_ power.

She has shitloads of de jure power, however.

@RMS_Gigantic if she did there would be a big fucking problem. That is only supposed to be used in times of war

She also has massive amounts of "soft power" in the form of subtle gestures of approval or disapproval

Nah, she's literally above UK law

UK law comes from her

@RMS_Gigantic Magna Carta dickhead

She is the source of legitimacy under the UK system

hence the difference between subjects and citizens

GROAN

The lords are more of a problem than the Royal Family

the Royal Family are for getting American Tourists in

Hold on, lemme dig up Tim Pool's interview with a UK lawyer who testifies that the Magna Carta doesn't mean shit today

because it, like any other law, can be overwritten by newer legislative sessions

@RMS_Gigantic Tim Pool is another idiot, he couldn't even say "Row" correctly in the context of an argument. I am not going to believe anything he says

This isn't something he said, this is something a UK lawyer said

in response to Tim Pool asking about the Magna Carta

@RMS_Gigantic I don't believe any information coming from him any more, if he can't command simple English ... I can't trust anything else he says

and it isn't like a Vee cockup where it is obviously someone that speaks another language first and uses the wrong tense or something. It was him being a fucking moron.

Once again, this was a video interview where this lawyer was speaking directly to the audience

not some second-hand retelling by Pool

@RMS_Gigantic don't trust his choice of lawyer

This is one of the most ridiculous conversations I have ever seen on Discord

@RMS_Gigantic a person has to make a value judgement and once a guy makes 3 or 4 mistakes that are moronic, I can't trust the guy.

Well it's about the best option I have because the UK legal system is so fucked up on a fundamental level that it takes a UK lawyer to figure out what takes precedence over what

Nothing means anything

words don't mean anything

@MuChaDo you are free to look away

From my point of view the jedi are evil

Then you are lost