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A couple of years ago I was in London and heard on TV that the Queen threw a party and a large piece of ceiling plaster fell on one of her guests in a ballroom, sustaining injury. The TV reporter commented that the injured person could not sue the Queen because the Queen IS the law, and the Queen would invite the guest back for a garden party at a later time. Today, with Parlaiment, how is the Queen the law?

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The concept of 'Crown Immunity' is a complex legal matter, but you will find out SOMETHING at least about it if you click http://www.guardian.co.uk/racism/Story/0,2763,1803
21,00.html and read the material. The Crown - ie the Queen in effect - IS the law, in the sense that we have here in Britain a CROWN Prosecution Service to bring criminals to justice in CROWN courts etc. These prosecutions are made on behalf of the Queen, so it's difficult to imagine how she herself could be prosecuted. If you click www.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_61000/61703.stm you'll find an account of the falling plaster incident.