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Hedra42 on 27 June 2016
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Ka-pi96 said:
oodles2do said:

The referendum is only advisory anyway, the situation we are in now is a political minefield. Parliament will now have to vote on whether they think it's in Britain's best interest to stay in or leave the EU. If they vote in then nothing will happen except the outcry that they've ignored the will of the people and no doubt Farage will go on a head hunt mission and get another referendum on the calender.

However, if they vote out then a bill will have to passed, and I think the Queen has to approve all bills (correct me if I'm wrong), considering the vote was such a slim win she could veto that and we'd stay in. The bill would be to initiate Article 50 and begin proceedings of us exiting the EU.

If it has to go through as a bill (which I'm not even sure if it would) then the House of Lords would have to approve it first, and then the Queen. If the Queen were then to reject it... well absolute best case scenario for me. I want the UK to stay in the EU (which that would accomplish) and I also want the monarchy to be abolished (which would surely gain much much more support if the Queen were to reject a bill like that).

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/682042/Queen-asks-dinner-guests-why-stay-in-European-Union