British constitution

Hi all As an addendum to the NAC debate: The British state is full of
peculiarities. I got the following from the ancmed mailing list:

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...remember also there were counties Palatinate as well. Lancashire being one
example. They tended to be border counties were the monarchs
writ did not run, it had to be agreed by the Count/duke etc.
In current times, acts of Parliament would not effect Lancashire except that
the Queen is Duke of Lancaster and signs in that capacity. Hence the loyal
toast in Lancashire is not, "Gentlemen, the Queen" but, "Gentlemen, the Duke
of Lancaster".

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Greetings Karl Heinz