Constitution Unit Blog Post: The rules of the coronation: how does constitutional convention differ from custom and practice?
- Carolyn Harris
- 14 hours ago
- 1 min read
Charles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey two years ago today. Much tradition is bound up with the coronation, but how much of it is binding on the monarch, and what elements of it can his successor do away with, should he wish? In this post, Carolyn Harris and Philippe Lagassé outline the difference between a constitutional convention, which is considered to be constitutionally binding, and custom and practice, which are not.
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