hello and welcome back to most amazing
top ten i'm Rebecca Felgate
and today were talking about the queen of the united kingdom
and the common wealth Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth the second.
Queen Elizabeth is now the longest reigning
monarch in the world she's gone from
living in a time where royalty had more
power to a time that they have relatively
little however there are still some laws
that Queen Elizabeth does not have to
follow. Coming in at number 10 she can
eat a Swan. In the UK is illegal to hunt
Swan's so we're able to eat chicken,
pheasant, duck, pigeon, turkey and things
like that in the United Kingdom it is
not okay to kill and eat a Swan.
Though Swans in the UK are protected by the queen who
also owns all of the mute unmarked swans
as well as all of the swans on the River Thames.
As the Queen partially owns the
swans she could in theory indulge in her
forefathers favorite meal of roasted
Swan with stuffing. She probably won't
though, she takes her duties as swan protector
pretty seriously. I feel like I said Swan a lot.
coming in at number nine she doesn't
need a driving licence the Queen does
not need a driving licence unlike
everyone else in the United Kingdom the
Queen did not need to apply for a
driving license when she was 17 she
didn't even need to take any driving
lessons or a test to be able to drive
all driving licences in the United
Kingdom are issued in the Queen's name
so if she felt like having one she could
just been very issue unto herself
despite no cash drawer license the queen
is a competent driver she actually drove
an ambulance in World War two when the
Prince of Saudi Arabia visited in 1998
she drove him around her estate in her
land rover now some say this was a boss
Queen move to advocate women's rights
because in Saudi women aren't allowed to
drive coming in at number 8 she doesn't
have to stick to the speed limit
Not that the Queen necessarily goes around
speeding but technically she does not
have to abide by the speed limit Queen
Elizabeth's sister the late Princess
Margaret didn't have the same privilege
as she was once find a speeding rumor
Has it Elizabeth does like to drive
pretty fast but these days she does
almost exclusively all of her driving on
her own
private estate coming in at number seven
she doesn't need a passport a lot like
with the driving licence the Queen can
travel freely without a passport she's
one of only a very small handful of
people that are able to travel without
the otherwise legal requirement even
huge celebrities like Taylor Swift would
need to get their passports check before
they enter a country this is an
exemption saved only for monarchs all
British passports are issued by her
royal majesty so again in theory she
could just issue herself one but what's
the point it's only one more thing that
she'd likely to forget when she packs
for her holidays coming in at number six
she is exempt from Freedom of
Information request like most countries
United Kingdom has a freedom of
information system that allows the press
and public to reasonably ask questions
about various situations many say this
is vital in a democratic society like in
the UK but the royal family have used
their powers to block the Freedom of
Information Act for applying to them
could it simply the Queen's Affairs a
family affair they are absolutely
private coming in at number five the
Queen doesn't have to pay tax while all
working UK citizens by law have to pay
tax on their earnings the Queen does not
have to however she has voluntarily paid
tax since 1992 which is very good of her
coming in at number four she can start a
war and she can refuse to make peace
mother technically isn't a law the queen
is the only person who can legally
declare war and peace what is usually is
carried out by Parliament it absolutely
cannot happen without royal approval if
the Queen wanted to declare war on
America tomorrow she legally could in
the countries would be at war coming in
at number three the Queen can refuse
laws laws don't become laws in the UK
until the Queen said so once the law has
been passed through the Parliament and
the House of Lords it comes to the Queen
so she can give it her royal assent if
she wanted to refuse the law she could
although she probably never will the
last time a British monarch actually
refused the Royal Assent with in 1708
when Queen and refused for settling the
militia in Scotland
in at number two the Queen cannot be
sued or prosecuted what don't even think
about trying to sue the Queen because
you legally can't she also can not as
Monica be sent to jail neither does she
have to give evidence in court this
actually applies internationally to the
queen is above the law so this kind of
leads me to my number one point this
list could have actually been our
first-ever most amazing top one because
really the Queen can break any law
monarc of the United Kingdom is
wholeheartedly above the law they do not
have to abide by any laws of the people
they have never had to abide by the laws
of the people the Queen legally can do
whatever she wants she could even commit
murder although of course she wouldn't
the Queen remains within the law as to
set an example to have subject while she
is above the law and cannot be sent to
jail if she ever did do something to
test this it would be likely that in
practice she would see the repercussions
and be overthrown once the monarch is no
longer on the throne for example by way
of applications then they have to answer
to the law like the rest of us so that
was the top ten laws Queen Elizabeth
does not have to follow are you guys
surprised that actually she doesn't have
to follow any laws let me know in the
comment section down below also let me
know if you've ever broken a law so for now
I've been Rebecca Felgate this has been
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