...and yes it could have been a king for all I know, BI ONLINE...anyway, isn't it interesting that the guardian has already tried to spark a debate upon the general subject?...oh and the metro has got 'something' on it, too....go figure:

 

anyway, I think that I've found it....let me see....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

"30 March 2015 was the first time Parliament had ever dissolved automatically, as opposed to being dissolved by Royal Proclamation (although provision was made by the Septennial Act 1715 for Parliament to dissolve automatically after seven, and later five years, in practice dissolution was always effected shortly before the end of the five-year period by means of a Royal Proclamation)."

 

...and the historical event....appears to  be buried in 'here'...somewhere...and it had been all about king james II, hadn't it?:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

 

....remember my 'thrush-by-the-well' pic?....go figure:

 

 

hmmm...the great seal and not the 'great white slug'?

 

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_Realm#/media/File:Seal_charter_Cathedral_Saint_Alban_1900.jpg

 

anyway, scarlett had decided to use the following image for 'something'...."looks like beeswax"....

 

 

what else? well the most important point of the lot, regarding the nature of my inquiry concerning 'absolute monarchy'....appears within the following text....go figure:

 

 

 

 oh and the following might be of interest, MI5....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_monarchy