Ep.4 Fit For A King, Constitutional Implications

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Episode 4

Constitutional Implications
The Oath and Homage & Who was there and who was not; and why it matters?

Dr Bob Morris - UCL Constitution Unit

Career in the Home Office. He acted as a locum Secretary for Public Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, and was secretary to the Hurd inquiry on the See of Canterbury and role of the Archbishop whose report – To Lead and to Serve – was published in 2001. UCL Constitution Unit where Bob works with Professor Robert Hazell on a monarchy project focused on the condition of the European monarchies. The work has produced the Unit reports No 170 The Queen at 90: The Changing Role of the Monarchy, and Future Challenges, published 2016, plus No 180 Swearing in the New King: The Accession Declarations and Coronation Oaths, and No181 Inaugurating a New Reign: Planning the Accession and Coronation, the latter two both published May 2018. Following a March 2019 seminar, an edited book on the eight European monarchies - The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy – was published in September 2020.

Professor Michael Kandiah KCL

Lecturer in Contemporary British History & Director of OHP, School of Politics & Economics, King’s College London. Currently he is Director of the ICBH Witness Seminar Programme, which seeks to capture oral testimony of British politicians, diplomats, civil servants and other key individuals involved in significant events in recent British history. Contributor to Epilogue: The Rise of the Queen Glencross, M. P., Kandiah, M. D. & Rowbotham, J., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: Long to Reign over us?. Palgrave Macmillan. Michael chaired and hosted two significant seminars in April 2023 and again in December 2023 preparing for and evaluating the King’s Coronation.