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Future of the Monarchy

The Prince of Wales and Joe Biden walking past a body of water.

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In 2016, the Constitution Unit publishedÌýThe Queen at 90 The Changing Role of the Monarchy, and Future Challenges, examining how Elizabeth II's reignÌýsaw a significant reduction in her personal prerogative power,Ìýbut with no reduction in the monarch’s ceremonial functions.

Bob Morris also wrote a chapter in , edited by Robert Hazell, on the future reign of Charles III, which touched on similar issues in 2008.

This set the scene for two new projects: onÌýaccession and coronation, looking in particular at the accession and coronation oaths, and a comparative study of the other monarchies of western Europe, their changing role and functionsÌýand the challenges they all face.