Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Royal prerogative 0 16684 140078 69848 2018-02-14T01:20:17Z Robin 120 Text replacement - " fingerprint" to " [[fingerprint]]" wikitext text/x-wiki {{concept |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative |image=royal_prerogative.png |image_width=380px |description=The ''de facto'' right of many monarchies to override, suspend or otherwise circumvent established laws, generally used sparingly only for dire emergencies. }} ==Official narrative== [[Wikipedia]] confidently assures readers that in the UK at least "abolition of the royal prerogative is not on the immediate horizon".<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom#Reform</ref> The royal prerogative has been called "a notoriously difficult concept to define adequately". ==Passports== UK passports are issued under Royal prerogative rather than legislation, which meant that it was easy to require UK citizens to give their [[fingerprint]]s before getting a passport.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/12/idcards.immigrationpolicy</ref> Royal prerogative has been used as recently as 2005 to remove passports from British citizens on grounds of "public interest".<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-the-royal-prerogative-to-remove-passports-from-british-citizens/the-occasions-the-royal-prerogative-has-been-used-to-remove-passports-from-british-citizens-on-public-interest-grounds-from-1947-to-2005</ref> {{SMWDocs}} {{Stub}} l1m4q1j5n7vtw7pv1cj0hkahxjipaux