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about the "suitability" of having the Duke of York and Duke of Sussex as counsellors of state when the former had "left public life" and the latter had "left the country". It was subsequently reported that, instead of removing them from the list of counsellors of state, it was being proposed that the
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in the United
Kingdom and not disqualified from becoming monarch. During a regency, the next four eligible people in the line of succession after the regent (and the regent's spouse) may be counsellors. A monarch may also request that Parliament add specific people to their counsellors of state. This
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Royal functions are to be exercised jointly by the counsellors of state or by such number of them as is specified in the letters patent under the Great Seal and subject to any other conditions within. However, there is a legal presumption that counsellors of state should act jointly and, as such, at
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wanted the law to be amended to allow only working members of the royal family to serve as counsellors of state. This would take away the eligibility of family members that do not carry out official functions, while creating a possibility for spouses to senior ranking members and those with a lower
181:, and they continued to be appointed under the prerogative for the rest of his reign. At first, senior politicians such as the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor could serve as counsellors of state, but later counsellors of state were drawn exclusively from the ranks of the Royal Family. The
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pool of counsellors be expanded in order to create a more flexible list of available royals to stand in for the King if needed. On 14 November 2022, the King sent a message to both Houses of
Parliament, formally asking for a change in the law that would allow
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made against him. In practice, only members of the royal family that perform public duties on behalf of the monarch would be appointed as counsellors of state, thus eliminating the possibility of Harry, Andrew or
Beatrice serving in this role.
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Of these seven, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, and
Princess Beatrice do not perform royal duties. If Prince Harry ceases to be domiciled in the United Kingdom, he shall become ineligible to be a counsellor of state.
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101:. However, by law, counsellors of state cannot grant ranks, titles or peerages. They also, by the terms of the letters patent, cannot deal with a number of core constitutional functions, such as
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to be added to the list of counsellors of state. The next day, a bill to that end was introduced in
Parliament and it received royal assent on 6 December, coming into force on 7 December as the
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is to automatically become a counsellor of state on his 21st birthday on 22 July 2034 (or his 18th birthday should he be the heir apparent at that time), and would replace
Princess Beatrice.
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Counsellors of state may carry out "such of the royal functions as may be specified in the
Letters Patent". In practice, this means most of the monarch's official duties, such as attending
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189:. c. 16) ultimately placed the appointment of counsellors of state on a statutory footing and codified the practice of only entrusting the role to senior members of the Royal Family.
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The following is a list of all the people who have been eligible to be a counsellor of state, listed in chronological order. A β indicates
Counsellors who died whilst eligible:
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Edinburgh or the Princess Royal, become ineligible or unable to serve, the next person eligible would be
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234:, however, restored her position. The provision was specific to her, rather than applying to dowager consorts generally, and became spent upon her death in 2002.
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Since the passage of the
Regency Act 1937, the only persons to have been counsellors of state while not a queen consort, prince, or princess were
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Prince Andrew remains eligible to serve in this role, though he has withdrawn from most royal activities; this provoked by a backlash due to the
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position in the line of succession to be called upon and fulfil the role.
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under the royal prerogative in 1911 when he traveled to India for the
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was done by Queen Elizabeth II leading to section 3 of the
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Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
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173:The first counsellors of state were appointed by
220:had been appointed to the position by George V.
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1630:Coughlan, Sean (26 October 2022).
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1459:from the original on 22 April 2017
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486:allegations of sexual abuse
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230:. Section 3 of the
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