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Factbooks and Maps / Re: The Kingdom of Irtref
« on: April 21, 2024, 10:38:38 PM »THE MONARCHY
Coronation of Queen Eirwen IV in 2013
Coronation of Queen Eirwen IV in 2013
The nation is governed by a monarch. The crown originally passed down the male blood line but since the Royal Inheritance Act (2001) the crown passed to eldest child. The monarch has sole responsibility for foreign policy and may veto any matters of internal policy. The monarch may also suggest internal policy and this is given priority within the legislative system. In addition the monarch is responsible for overseeing elections, appointing all judges in crown courts, issuing military commissions and commanding the armed forces.
The Monarch must call for elections within the Guild Council every four years however these can come more frequently depending on the make up of the bodies involved. The Monarch has responsibility for appointing a Minister for Guild Inspections who has the job of ensuring that all elections are run fairly and the results valid.
The Monarch may appoint just three members of the Cabinet, Minister of Defence, Foreign Minister and the Royal Treasurer.
The first monarch was crowned in 803 AD.
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CURRENT MONARCH
Queen Eirwen is the only child of King Dafydd II and his wife Queen Morwenna. She inherited the throne in 2013 following her fathers death in hospital from complications during surgery on a punctured lung following a fall from a horse.
Eirwen was born in 1986 and was sent to a private boarding school for most of her education. She was considered to be rather a loner mainly as her father was a little paranoid about security with her being an only child. She was content to confine herself to books, especially ones on flora and funa. At school she was also in the Gardening Club and was in charge of the group that won an award for best flower garden at the National Garden Festival in 2004.
Eirwen went off to University in 2004 to study Zoology. While at University she began managing the royal families own menagerie which had previously been just a few birds of prey and rare breed sheep. Now it boasts over 50 species of animal and is open to the public three days a week.
In 2007 she graduated and began undertaking royal duties as well as being enrolled as a military reservist. She served in the navy on coastal patrol boats until taking on the throne in 2013.