alt Hacker News> Victoria didn't decree anything.
I think there is a tradition in the UK to assign all government actions to be by the crown. As if the crown takes decisions on everything and everyone else just recommends.
> Victoria didn't decree anything.
I think there is a tradition in the UK to assign all government actions to be by the crown. As if the crown takes decisions on everything and everyone else just recommends.
… No, insofar as anything like that exists it’s the _crown_, not the person, but no, no-one really thinks of it like that.