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Yes and when was the last time a reigning monarch exercised those powers? The answer is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill


If you read the article, they practically exercise those rights up through the current day. The PM's office runs nearly all proposed legislation by them and makes changes to acts before they go up for debate. Acts have changed from threats of using the royal consent at least as recently as 2021, but it's hard to get complete numbers as most of this process happens in secret.

This is all outlined in the previous citation I gave.


If you'd have read the article you would see that it has been used numerous times over the last couple of decades.




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