Harold Wilson Quotes
The monarchy is a labor-intensive industry.
Harold Wilson, 1916–1995, British Prime Minister (Labor), Quoted in The Observer, February 13, 1977
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Prior to Cooke’s indictment of English King Charles I, there was a concept of Royal Impunity—that a sovereign could not legally be called to account for his actions as ruler of the state. The concept of “sovereign immunity” was a concept where the sovereign and his agents could be given immunity for specific actions, but they never would have impunity again where there were no limits to the crimes they might commit against their own people. Charles I refused to even recognize Cooke’s indictment and so have heads of state called to account for their major crimes since then all the way down to Saddam Hussein in 2006 who made the same argument. Cooke was himself hanged, drawn and quartered almost 20 years after the Charles I trial for his part in the “Regicide” so the concept of Royal Impunity did not die quickly.
The Queen died later that year.
King Henry VII had only 1 son, Edward who became king at age 9. But at the age 15 he became very ill and died with no children. Before his death however, Mary who would normally have been the next in line was a Catholic and Northumberland, the head of the Privy Counselor, and father of Jane’s Husband arranged for Edward to change his will before he died. Jane Grey riled for 9 days. Parliament then made Mary the Queen.
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. Wilson was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983.
