At one point in time the king or queen of England ran the world that was during
the British Empire but now the Queen of England is Queen to sixteen different
countries in the Commonwealth you may think she doesn't have any real power
and it's all ceremonial but you'd be wrong
queen elizabeth ii is actually worth billions of pounds and has a lot of
power and there's a crazy amount of things she can do in the UK that you or
I would go to prison for years for I'm Charlie and today we're going to look at
laws Queen Elizabeth does not have to follow but before mi6 takes me out
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children you probably think I'm kidding when I say the Queen can come along and
take your child if she wanted to but under UK law that is actually the case
it may sound ridiculous but Queen Elizabeth by law protects all children
but what does this mean well the law states Queen Elizabeth is the official
guardian of all children in the UK therefore she technically has the right
to take any one child from them now don't worry she's never actually done
this as far as we know but technically this means she has custodial rights to
every kid in the UK and within her own family that all's are even more strict
the royal family has a very strange custody agreement with Meghan Michael
and Prince Harry's child the Queen has total custody of Archie
Harrison mountbatten-windsor Prince Harry and Megan Michael's new baby as I
said she's the legal guardian to every kid in the UK but they have this one a
very specially written odd agreement within the royal family next up is speed
limits former Prime Minister David Cameron recently released his memoirs
and in those memoirs he said the Queen once took him in a car ride and went way
too fast the Queen was not pleased with this and
actually asked him to remove it from his book but it's not for fear of her being
arrested that is because any speed limit can be broken by the Queen anyway in her
country recently her husband Prince Philip got into a car crash and got off
with it scot-free not only is the Queen and her husband known for breaking the
speed limits they also never wear seatbelts
so I guess the Queen really does take a lot of advantage of this law she does
not have to follow next up is eating rare animals go to some parts of the
world and I'm sure eating Swan and dolphin is a-ok but that is not the case
in the United Kingdom that is unless you're the Queen as she is legally
allowed to eat swans until fins the Queen actually owns all swans in the
United Kingdom she also owns all sturgeons whales and dolphins in the
waters around the UK this dates back to a 1324 law during the time of king
edward ii and because she has total ownership over these animals she can do
whatever she wants to them if she wanted to she could hunt them all and sell them
or even eat them but as far as I know the Queen does not eat Swan next up is
wars whenever war is waged anywhere on earth
there's lots of debate about whether it's legal or illegal but I'll save you
some time if the Queen started the war then it's legal that's right the Queen
can declare war against any country at any moment you may think that her power
is all ceremonial but she can really do this and Parliament will have to follow
suit the UK government must take immediate action if she ever declared
war against any country so world leaders don't get on the wrong side of this old
lady not only that if the UK government ever want to go to war they officially
need the Queen's permission and any War she does start is not a war crime by law
next up we have passports do you ever feel like you have to show your passport
every five minutes at the airport well one woman who does not have that
problem is the Queen the Queen does not have a passport nor does she need one
but she still makes hundreds of flights every year she's actually one of the few
people on earth who does not have an official identity document you see all
passports are given out in her name so for that reason she does not need one
herself as she's on every Passport anyway plus
let's be honest I'm pretty sure every airport worker knows who the
queen is but that being said it does still seem pretty unfair that we have to
show our passports thousands of times when we go to the airport next up is FOI
requests an FOI request is a Freedom of Information request depending on what
country you're from you likely have some form of this a Freedom of Information
request allows the press and the public to ask any kind of question to those in
power this usually means governments and in countries that have them monarchies
to but the royal family uses its power to block this law from expanding onto
them they're absolutely free to not provide any kind of information to any
Freedom of Information request personally I think this is totally
anti-democratic and not OK many say that the Queen is
hiding super secret information for example her owning parts of the Bank of
England but because she's exempt from all Freedom of Information requests we
simply do not know next up is court appearances if you want to take the
Queen to court then I'm sorry but you're out of luck there too legally it's
impossible to take legal action against the Queen you can't file a criminal or
civil suit against turn people in many countries including the UK USA in India
have tried and failed she also does not have to give evidence in court and she
can't be prosecuted even if you have a good claim against term you could have
Harvey Specter or the greatest lawyer in the world and they will not be able to
bring a case down on old Liz next up is driving licence ok this is kind of the
same story as passports much like passports driver's licenses are
registered by Her Majesty this means that they're given out in the Queen's
name and therefore she does not need one the Queen has been driving since she was
16 but she's never had a driving licence or had to take a driving test during ww2
she actually drove an ambulance and she said to be very good at driving although
she does like to go very very fast her husband on the other hand is not such a
good driver as we covered before next up is paying taxes
if one thing's guaranteed in life it's taxes that is unless your name is Queen
Elizabeth despite the royal family costing the UK
67 million pounds every year the Queen does not have to pay any taxes however
since 1992 she has voluntarily paid taxes how much she pays however it does
not seem to be public information as I can't find it anywhere good something
tells me it's nowhere near 67 million pounds and finally on the list we have
vandalism now this may sound like kind of a funny one but the Queen does
actually have a right to break people's property this law only applies under
certain circumstances such as a national emergency
but in this event the Queen has the right to break enter and destroy any
property she wants that does sound pretty scary but I can't imagine going
down to get something from the fridge at 2:00 a.m. and seeing the Queen is broken
into my house but legally it could happen and I couldn't do anything about
it so there we go guys those are some laws the Queen does not have to follow
but now it's time to make your opinion heard do you think the Queen should have
to obey these laws or do you think it's okay for her to be above the law vote in
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