2 10 16 https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/725cb8d065ad33b1a9d51ed0d8048946.pdf fd0ad8b1e8eb0e2908a7e88dfb49e071 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Minute These are formal communications from one minister to another or from a civil servant to a minister. Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Sir Robin Butler (Secretary to the Cabinet) Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. There is a hand-drawn checkmark at the top of p. 1 and there have been emendations to draft parliamentary statement. These were presumably the work of John Major. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 CONFIDENTIAL Ref. A092/340 PRIME MINISTER Cabinet 6 February 1992 40th Anniversary of The Queen's Accession to the Throne You will wish to remind the Cabinet that 6 February 1992 is the 40th anniversary of The Queen's Accession to the Throne. In inviting them to send Her Majesty their good wishes on this occasion you may wish to draw on the following points: 2. The Queen has indicated that this should be regarded as an ordinary anniversary and not a Jubilee. She has not, therefore, sought to promote extensive public celebrations nor encouraged the Government to organise any State occasion. 3. Nevertheless, the 40th anniversary is a special event which the Government and Parliament should mark in an appropriate way. (Soundings indicate that a Humble Address would not be favoured by the Palace.) 4. You therefore intend to send Her Majesty the Cabinet's warmest good wishes, and to refer to this at Prime Minister's Questions on 6 February in the following terms: "At the Cabinet meeting today Her Majesty's Ministers agreed that I should convey to Her Majesty our warmest good wishes on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Her Accession to the Throne. This was in recognition of the incomparable contribution Her Majesty has made to the life of our nation throughout Her reign[".] I know that the House and millions of our fellow citizens will share these sentiments. CONFIDENTIAL  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 CONFIDENTIAL The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Ashdown and the Speaker have been forewarned of the proposal. (Sgd.) F. E. R. B. ROBIN BUTLER 5 February 1992 CONFIDENTIAL Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minute - 40th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's Accession [1992-02-05] Subject The topic of the resource Royal Events Prime Minister Description An account of the resource Minute from Sir Robin Butler to John Major regarding a congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robin Butler (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 19/4412 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet Secretary Monarch Prime Minister Royal Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Ministerial Submission This is a minister's formal advice to the Sovereign. Transcript A transcript of the document. Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas with his humble duty begs leave to enclose a Memorandum which he has prepared at Your Majesty’s desire on the Royal Prerogative of Mercy—or rather on the constitutional practice as to the exercise of the prerogative. Mr. Douglas thinks it is most important that the practice of the last 80 years at any rate, should not be departed from. He would particularly emphasize the three following points. <ol> <li>There are from 5000 to 6000 petitions every year against convictions and sentences. If Your Majesty is to deal personally with any of them, you ought to deal personally with all. It would be invidious to pick and choose.</li> <li>If Your Majesty is to deal with death sentences your attention must be available at all times from sentence to final decision. The practice of the S[ecretary] of S[tate] is to deal not only on the evidence at the trial: but on evidence which accumulates until the last moment.</li> <li>The power of reprieve involves the power, and duty to refuse to reprieve. This latter power is sometimes bitterly attacked, and public opinion is lashed up by an unscrupulous partisan press. For instance the Radical Press took up Lipski’s case—in Mr. Secretary Matthews’s time—and if my memory serves me Mr. Stead in one of his papers said, ‘So an innocent man is to be sent to the gallows to gratify the wounded vanity of the Home Secretary.’ Such cases may always arise from time to time—and it must be borne in mind that ‘yellow journalism’ is on the increase. It would be intolerable that Your Majesty’s name should be dragged into the mire to serve the temporary purposes of some wretched newspaper.</li> </ol> Again suppose a man of good position is reprieved strictly according to the traditional exercise of the prerogative (say great temptation and sudden passion) a section of the Press would not hesitate to attribute it to personal influence and raise the cry of ‘one law for the rich and another for the poor’. It is in Mr. Douglas’s opinion the Home Secretary’s duty to bear the brunt of such attacks, and to defend himself if necessary in Parliament. Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Aretas Akers-Douglas (Secretary of State for the Home Department) Recipient(s) King Edward VII Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This is an example of a submission that doesn't explicitly ask the Monarch to do something, yet it arguably constitutes advice in a constitutional sense. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Submission - Memorandum on the Royal Prerogative of Mercy [1903-09-26] Subject The topic of the resource Royal Prerogative Criminal Law Description An account of the resource Letter from Aretas Akers-Douglas, to King Edward VII containing a memorandum on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aretas Akers-Douglas (Secretary of State for the Home Department) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived H. J. Hanham, ed., The Nineteenth Century Constitution 1815-1914: Documents and Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 1969), 52-53. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-09-26 Home Secretary Monarch Royal Prerogative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet Paper A paper submitted to the Cabinet. Transcript A transcript of the document. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. C.P. 150 (25). CABINET. SUBMISSIONS TO THE KING ON BEHALF OF A MINISTER WHO HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY. The accompanying copy of a letter from Lord Stamfordham is circulated to the Cabinet by direction of the Prime Minister. (Signed) M. P. A. HANKEY, Secretary to the Cabinet. 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1. March 12th, 1925. .................... BUCKINGHAM PALACE. March 5th, 1925. Dear Waterhouse, The King wishes the Cabinet to be informed that in the event of a Cabinet Minister leaving this country, if he is a Secretary of State all submissions to His Majesty should be made on his behalf by another Secretary of State. In the case of the Minister not being a Secretary of State, the submissions should be made by another Cabinet Minister; unless in the latter case the Under-Secretary of the Department in question is a Privy Councillor. Yours very truly, (Signed) STAMFORDHAM. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Waterhouse, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., 10, Downing Street. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Lord Stamfordham's letter was addressed to Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cabinet Paper - Submissions to the King on Behalf of Absent Ministers [1925-03-12] Subject The topic of the resource Monarchy Procedure Ministers of the Crown Description An account of the resource Note by Maurice Hankey covering a letter from Lord Stamfordham regarding submissions made on behalf of absent ministers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maurice Hankey (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAB 24/172/50 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-03-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet Cabinet Secretary Monarch Private Secretary to the Monarch Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/b65f4b2e1232f03cc3177125a65c83b0.pdf 8df0eec57ab8701f04f6d3f65d9ab9b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document.  <div style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0.5em;">(pencil: Rep?)</div>  <div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.6em;"> BUCKINGHAM PALACE </div>  <div style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:1em;"> 3rd March, 1952. </div>  My dear Fernau  I laid your letter of March 1st before The Queen this morning. Her Majesty approves the proposed procedure for “kissing hands” which you have set out.  <div style="text-align:right;margin-top:1.2em;"> Yours sincerely, (Sgd.) A. Lascelles </div>  <div style="margin-top:2em;"> F. J. Fernau, Esq., T.D., Privy Council Office. </div> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Letterhead is the Tudor crown above "Buckingham Palace". Printed in black, perhaps because of mourning for King George VI. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. "Fernau" is handwritten in the salutation. Recipient(s) F. J. Fernau (Clerk of the Privy Council) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Queen Elizabeth II's Approval of the Kissing Hands Ceremony [1952-03-03] Subject The topic of the resource Privy Council Ceremonial Description An account of the resource Letter from Sir Alan Lascelles to F. J. Fernau indicating that Queen Elizabeth II had approved his proposal for the kissing hands ceremony. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 20/9 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-03-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/116" title="Letter from F. J. Fernau">Letter from F. J. Fernau</a> Ceremonial Clerk of the Privy Council Private Secretary to the Monarch Privy Council Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/cd9b36967a451028d1615cd7a43eb57b.pdf 41a8c99589849953701714a5e4631333 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document.  <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:1em;"> Privy Council Office, Whitehall, S.W.1. 1st March, 1952. </div>  My dear Lascelles,  Yesterday morning The Queen sent for me just before the Council at Clarence House and asked me to tell Her Majesty how the ceremony of kissing hands was performed and I explained the practice to The Queen. The ceremony is of course entirely for Her Majesty’s Pleasure, but it occurs to me that The Queen might wish to determine what the procedure should be during Her Reign. I therefore make the following suggestions for consideration:— When the Privy Counsellor (or Minister) who is to kiss hands kneels on the footstool The Queen should proffer Her right hand, palm downwards, with fingers lightly closed, to the person who is to kiss hands. He will extend his right hand, palm upwards, and take The Queen’s hand lightly in his and kiss it. His lips should no more than just touch Her Majesty’s hand. Perhaps you would in due course let me know Her Majesty’s Pleasure so that when in future I rehearse new Privy Counsellors in the ceremonial of a Council I may do all I can to secure that The Queen’s wishes are followed.  Yours sincerely,  (Stmp.) F. J. FERNAU  <div style="margin-top:2em;"> The Right Honourable Sir Alan Lascelles, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.M.G., M.C. </div> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Stamped signature of F. J. Fernau (Clerk of the Privy Council). Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is typewritten. Probably an office copy. Recipient(s) Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Seeking Queen Elizabeth II's Approval for the Kissing Hands Ceremony [1952-03-01] Subject The topic of the resource Privy Council Ceremonial Description An account of the resource Letter from F. J. Fernau to Sir Alan Lascelles seeking her approval for the kissing hands ceremony to be used for new ministers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F. J. Fernau (Clerk of the Privy Council) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC 20/9 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-03-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/117" title="Response from Sir Alan Lascelles">Response from Sir Alan Lascelles</a> Ceremonial Clerk of the Privy Council Private Secretary to the Monarch Privy Council Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/48a89ecfb6e99915653506a5a9123438.pdf 69d60b93bf5034b5a57f1142dbb676ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Ministerial Submission This is a minister's formal advice to the Sovereign. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="line-height:1.8;max-width:700px;margin:auto;"> <div> <div style="text-align:right;"> <div>(Sgd.) Appd. ER</div> </div> The Lord Chancellor, with his humble duty to Your Majesty, submits to Your Majesty that William Anthony Bowater Russell, has been re-elected by the City of London Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, and will present himself, according to custom, to hear from the Lord Chancellor whether Your Majesty is pleased to approve the re-appointment, and the Lord Chancellor begs leave to ask Your Majesty's pleasure therein. <div style="text-align:left;"> (Sgd.) Robert Buckland Lord Chancellor, </div> </div> </div> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Robert Buckland (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Undated Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Submission - Approbation of the Lord Mayor-Elect of London [2020] Subject The topic of the resource Civic Officials Description An account of the resource Robert Buckland's formal advice seeking Queen Elizabeth II's approbation of William Russell's re-election as Lord Mayor of London. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Buckland (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated, but William Russell was elected Lord Mayor for a second time on September 29, 2020. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant City of London Formal Advice Local Government Lord Mayor of London Royal Prerogative