The Monarchy
All our research on the monarchy, the Church and the rules of succession
Experts
Dr Bob Morris is a former Home Office Under Secretary
responsible for Constitutional Affairs (and Course Director, Civil Service
College). Bob has lectured on the Government's constitutional reform programme
and provided advice on strategic issues of FOI to
government departments. He led a two-year research project on the relationship between the Church and the State and the thorny issue of dissestablishment.
Email: morrisrm238@tiscali.co.uk
Robert Hazell is Professor of British Politics and Government and Director of the Constitution Unit. He is a former barrister and Home Office civil servant and expert in all constitutional arrangements and procedure. In the hung parliament of 2010 he advised the government and media of the role of the monarchy.
Email: r.hazell@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 679 4971
Press Releases & Media
- Press release: Diamond Jubilee is a tribute to self-sacrifices by the Monarchy (June 2012)
- Charles in waiting: 63 year old pays tribute to the Queen - but his own destiny? (May 2012)
- Jubilee podcast special on politics.co.uk (May 2012)
- To William and Kate, a daughter - but will she be Queen one day? (May 2012)
- Bob Morris on BBC radio: the Queen's role in religious faith (May 2012)
- Press release: Constitutional change features strongly in the Queen's speech (May 2012)
- Does the Church still have a role in the State? (March 2012)
- Press release: Cameron delivers on Brown's project on rules of succession, but not all plain sailing (October 2011)
- Letter to the Times: should the law on the rules of succession be changed? (October 2011)
Academic Publications
- Tuvalu and You: The Monarch, the UK and the realms Bob Morris in Political Quarterly 83 (2), 368-73 (Apr-Jun 2012)
- The Commonwealth in the 21st Century Bob Morris in Poltical Insight (April 2012)
Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment
Edited by R.M. Morris (Palgrave, March 2009)
Research Projects
- Church and State in 21st Century Britain (2004-07)
Seminars
- Prof Anne Twomey: the rules of succession and the problem of the realms (September 2011)
Other
- Monitor newsletter: Will the Queen's Diamond Jubilee change the Rules of Succession? (January 2012)
- Bob Morris gives evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (November 2011)
- On the blog: all of our pieces on the monarchy
