Word: parliament
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...life has been geared to the assumption that he will be King. There is not the slightest evidence from anyone that he has any intention of giving it up." Even if he wanted to turn the throne over to William, the choice of succession is not his to make. Parliament would have to agree to allow Charles to leave, then pick a new King--as it did when Edward VIII abdicated in 1936--and that could throw the entire idea of monarchy open to official, and perhaps fatally rancorous, debate...
...that they had paid millions of pounds in taxes annually, or that all four of al Fayed's children by his second wife are British. So al Fayed struck back in 1994 and revealed to the Guardian that for more than two years he had supplied Tory Members of Parliament with cash and free stays at the Ritz Hotel in exchange for political favors. Only afterward did the government officially turn down the brothers' citizenship request, without explanation--a decision al Fayed is appealing. The scandal, meanwhile, brought down two M.P.s and fueled a public outcry that contributed...
...potential to give something back, if only they had the chance. Each time I visit, I am appalled at the dangers young people face on the streets and how vulnerable they are to exploitation." For that she was attacked by the Conservatives, eager to keep their hold on Parliament. Said Tory M.P. John Marshall: "It is quite wrong that a member of the royal family--however semidetached--should appear to lend credence to the view of one political party or another. It seems she wants all the benefits of being a member of the royal family without exercising the discretion...
...characters started playing against type. Prince Charles turned out to be a good guy after all, and AOL's Steve Case made nice with CompuServe employees. The world's largest Communist country came out in favor of privatization, while the underdog nation of Scotland voted to give itself a Parliament ? and at the behest of an English Prime Minister, too. There was a refreshing whiff of honesty in the air: Steven Biko's killers admitted their crime, and Pentagon Top Brass said Army sex scandals were a product of poor leadership. Even the doctor who once championed the disgraced weight...
EDINBURGH, Scotland: From Glasgow to Edinburgh, from the islands to the highlands, the lads and lasses have spoken: Scotland will have a parliament. With a resounding 74.2 percent voting in favor, Scotland will get a legislature of its own in 2000, and with 63.4 percent in favor, that parliament will have the power to tax its new constituents. But though Thursday's referendum was timed to the 700-year anniversary of a William Wallace rout of the British, TIME's London Bureau Chief Barry Hillenbrand says the landmark shift is a lot closer to states' rights than revolution. "Years from...