When was it published?

April 22, 1789 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News April 22, 1789

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Royal Event, Political, Court News

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

The King, Two Sons And Two Brothers Of His Majesty

Q: What keywords are associated?

King Illness, Parliament Opening, Royal Commission, Crown Prerogative, Ministry Usurpation, House Of Brunswick

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Commentary on a royal commission issued to open Parliament due to the King's illness, excluding four royal princes despite their peer status. The princes disapprove of the ministry's perceived usurpation of the Crown's prerogative, claiming loyalty to the House of Brunswick.

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Could any one have believed that a period would have arrived, when a Commission should issue for the opening of Parliament, (the King being disabled by illness to perform that office in person) and that not one of the Royal Family Should be named on that Commission, although no less than four Princes were then actually Peers. It appears that two sons and two brothers of his Majesty, do not approve of a system by which the prerogative of the Crown is to be usurped by a Ministry, while the King is disabled by indisposition from defending his own rights, and they insolently presume to say, that all this is done from motives of loyalty and attachment to the House of Brunswick.

What sub-type of article is it?

Royal Event Political Court News

What keywords are associated?

King Illness Parliament Opening Royal Commission Crown Prerogative Ministry Usurpation House Of Brunswick

What entities or persons were involved?

The King Two Sons And Two Brothers Of His Majesty

Foreign News Details

Key Persons

The King Two Sons And Two Brothers Of His Majesty

Event Details

A commission issued for opening Parliament as the King is disabled by illness and unable to perform the office personally. No member of the Royal Family named on the commission despite four princes being peers. The two sons and two brothers of the King disapprove of the system allowing the Ministry to usurp the Crown's prerogative while the King is indisposed, presuming their actions stem from loyalty to the House of Brunswick.