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My Lords and Gentlemen,

I have it in command from His Majesty the King to inform you that there has been a Proclamation passed under the Great Seal of Hanover which concerns this present Parliament, in tenor following:

Quote:<center>BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION

REQUIRING THE PARLIAMENT TO RESOLVE UPON CERTAIN GRAVE ISSUES AFFECTING THE KINGDOM

Alexander R.</center>
AT DIVERSE TIMES throughout the years of Our Reign, we have gathered together with Our loving subjects with the lofty aim of forever deciding and settling not only the fundamental laws of Our Kingdom of Hanover, but also the very principles and structure of her society. In the Royal Nationhood Commission, at the Congress of Bergen, at the Emden Conference, and elsewhere, We and Our loving subjects strove to perfect the substance of Our Realm; despite the high goals and immense efforts of those times, We have found that a dearth of certainty and clarity in both law and custom remains rampant in all corners of Our Kingdom.

WISHING now to make a lasting determination and statement of the manner in which Our Realm is to be governed, and the principles by which her society is to be organized, without the ill-considered and abrupt innovations which have often attended past efforts towards this end, We now require of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, presently assembled in the Parliament at Bergen:—

THAT they should treat and resolve amongst themselves concerning the degree to which Our Realm should take the United Kingdom of Great Britain as an exemplar and model of good governance and well-ordered society, determining also whether the external forms used in the United Kingdom or the substantive principles are more worthy of emulation;

AND THAT they further treat and resolve concerning the role which We, and Our Heirs and Successors, shall have in Our High Court of Parliament; in fine, We require that they should determine whether the Crown shall be only a check and balance upon the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, or an integral member of the Parliament, possessing a voice and initiative in all matters, as We have in Our Most Honourable Privy Council;

FOR WHICH PURPOSE We shall require them to attend Us personally in the manner which has been in the past appointed for meetings of Our Royal Court, rather than on Our national discussion fora, at such a time as We shall, after conferring with them, think fit to appoint.

<center>Given at Our Court of Saint George's Palace this Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

GOD SAVE THE KING!</center>

My Lords and Gentlemen,

As you can see, the Proclamation requires us to meet in a real-time session, as is used for the Royal Court. Naturally we will need to arrange the best time to do this, since all members should be present if possible. My schedule is relatively flexible, as is the Archbishop's, so it is largely up to you. Any time after about 4 PM is workable for me.

Any day from monday to thursday after 4 is fine.

My Lords and Gentlemen:

I thank my right honorable friend for his initiative in getting the ball rolling with this important task.

Times after 4:00 would be agreeable to me as well, preferably very shortly after, as my availability begins to wane after 5:00. I'll be sure to keep watching this forum for the chosen time as well as technical logistics such as the instant messaging platform we'll be using.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

How would this Friday at four o'clock work? The Archbishop and I will be out in Boston tomorrow afternoon, and on Thursday we have Byzantine Chant class until 4:10 roughly, so we'd likely be fairly late. His Majesty has informed me that Friday at four would work for him.

My Lords and Gentlemen:

At this point, I would have no problem with a Friday afternoon session.

My Lords and Gentlemen:

Cancel that.

As was probably plain to see, I was unable to attend this afternoon's session. Things were rather busy--unexpectedly so--in other areas of my life and I have but a few minutes to tie up a couple of loose ends before the weekend right now. I would have loved to be present, but I trust all of your abilities and look forward to seeing the result.

With esteem,

Carson

My Lords and Gentlemen,

In addition to His Majesty, three Members of the House were present. In the Speaker's absence, I presided. On the first issue raised in His Majesty's Proclamation, it was resolved as follows:-

Quote:BE IT NOW RESOLVED That the Kingdom of Hanover should not seek to model herself only on the culture or institutions of any one nation, whether it be the United Kingdom or Germany. Instead, Hanover should develop her society and institutions based upon what is logical and practical for the Kingdom, drawing on her founding principles. Furthermore, the Kingdom should seek to emulate the majesty and grace of British titles, institutions, and ceremonies, without copying them indiscriminately.

On the second issue, it was resolved as follows:-

Quote:WHEREAS the Crown has always taken a great interest in the legislative business in the Kingdom, and has frequently offered invaluable advice, thereby preventing several crises: BE IT NOW RESOLVED That the King of Hanover should henceforth sit together with his subjects in the High Court of Parliament; Provided always that the King shall continue to exercise his vote as a seperate chamber of Parliament, via the traditional procedure of Royal Assent.

Both resolutions were made unanimously. A complete transcript of the meeting can be found here.