IN 1603, WHEN ELIZABETH I was on her death bed, a young law student named John Manningham was...Cooper, TarnyaCooper, Tarnya (2003), `Queen Elizabeth's public face', History today, 53 (5), 38- 4.
It was the first time in Queen Elizabeth's 70-year reign that the appointment took place there, rather than Buckingham Palace in London. What if an election resulted in a hung Parliament, in which no party won a clear majority of the seats? It was still not up to the queen to pick...