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21 February, 13:39

The monarchy continues in the United Kingdom today, but its power is much different from what it was during the 1600s. In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch. She took the throne in 1952. She had to take a coronation oath before Parliament, as is required of all British monarchs. Read the text of her coronation oath. List ways in which the oath upholds the ideas that you read about in the English Bill of Rights.

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  1. 21 February, 16:27
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    The oath says that the queen will govern the people of the Commonwealth nations, including the United Kingdom, according to the laws. The oath upholds the principle in the Bill of Rights that the monarch can't change laws without consulting Parliament.

    The oath mentions that the queen agrees to preserve the Protestant religion. The Bill of Rights aimed to preserve England as a Protestant country and excluded Catholics from becoming monarchs.
  2. 21 February, 16:51
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    The English Bill of Rights' ideas upheld by the oath are the following:

    The Queen will govern the people according to the laws. The monarch cannot change laws without consulting the Parliament. England will continue to be a Protestant country. Catholics will be excluded from becoming monarchs.

    Explanation:

    The Bill of Rights was an act passed in 1689 whose purpose was to limit the powers of the monarchy and to consolidate the Parliament.
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