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The Sovereign.

The succession to the Crown is regulated by
an Act of Parliament passed in the year 1700, in
the twelfth year of the reign of William III, and
usually called the Act of Settlement. The Sovereign
 must be of the Protestant religion; and
cannot quit the United Kingdom without the consent
 of Parliament. The monarch may be either
a King or a Queen. The present Queen began to
reign in 1837. Her eldest son is called the Prince
of Wales. The order of succession is te the eldest
son, and to his eldest son or grandson. If the
Prince of Wales’s eldest line die out, the second
son would succeed. If none of the Prince of
Wales's children or their children are living, then
the Prince of Wales's next brother and his children
successively would inherit, In the event of the
Sovereign's being under some incapacity, a Regent
is appointed by Parliament. The Sovereign is
supported by an annual grant of £60,000, besides
other sums for official charges and expenses, and
for various members of the Royal Family. These
sums form what is called the Civil List.

The Sovereign is always held to act upon the
advice of his ministers, who are responsible to.
Parliament and to the country. The niinisters as
a body are termed the Cabinet. The members of
the Cabinet, past and present, besides many other
persons, are members of the Privy Council, a body