THE QUEEN CONSORT.
The first person of the Royal Family, regarded by the laws of England, supposing the Sovereign to be a King, is (says a text-book) the Queen ; who is either regent, consort, or dowager. The Queen Consort is the wife of the reigning King ; and is participant of divers prerogatives above other women. She is a public person, distinct from the King ; and may purchase and convey lands, and do other acts of ownership, without his concurrence. She may take a grant from the King, whioh no other wife can from her husband. She has separate courts and offices not only in matters of ceremony, but even of law ; and her attorney and solicitor-general are entitled to a place within the bar. She may sue and be sued alone ; and may have a separate property in goods as well as lands, and has a right to dispose of them by will. She had formerly a separate' revenue, consisting of certain rents out of the demesne lands of the Crown ; and certain ancient perquisites. The Queen Consort ie a subject, yet, in point of the security of her life and person, she is on the same footing with the King. It is equally treason to compass or imagine her death. If she be accused of any species of treason, she shall be tried by the peers of Parliament, as Ann Boleyn was in 28 Henry VIII.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7101, 25 January 1901, Page 2
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237THE QUEEN CONSORT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7101, 25 January 1901, Page 2
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