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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: British Institutions of government
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>> I'm Canadian. The Queen is Canada's sovereign, represented by the
>> Governor-General.
>
>	Would you please expand on this statement? What are the duties, rights
>and privileges of the "sovereign". What real power does the sovereign or her
>representative have in making the decisions of government? How do these rights
>compare with the rights of the average Canadian citizen? When there is a
>difference of opinion on matters of government, whose will prevails under
>various scenarios?

In my ignorance, I was surprised to discover that during WW2 the
"Sovereign" played a role as a kind of special advisor to secret
intelligence agencies. Does anyone know about this? Do such things
still go on?