Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs
Summary
The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and statute law. Nowadays, many of the sovereign's functions are ceremonial but in the past the balance between ceremony and decision-making was very different
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-664)
Notes
Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Notes on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: Genealogies of Britain's monarchs
Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- A note on names -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix I: Chronology of British monarchs -- Appendix II: British monarchs : biographical summaries -- Appendix III: Royal consorts : biographical summaries -- Appendix IV: The line of succession to the British throne -- Appendix V: The family tree of British monarchs
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