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The King shall appoint and may remove at any time the members of the Privy Council.

Within three days of ascending the throne the heir apparent shall be provisionally chosen by the King with the advice and consent of the Privy Council. The choice shall be limited to sons of a King and a Queen or those of Royal Blood, but shall not be otherwise limited either by rank or seniority. The choice of heir apparent shall not be irrevocable, but shall be freshly made by the King with the advice and consent of the Privy Council at the end of each five year period thereafter. (Note: Or perhaps a period longer than five years may be desired). Should the King die before any choice has been made, the heir apparent shall be chosen immediately after the King's death by the Privy Council. In all cases three quarters of the members of the Privy Council then within the Kingdom shall be necessary to elect.

The judicial power, subject to the supreme power of the King, shall be vested in the Supreme or Dike Court and in such inferior Courts as the King may from time to time create.

The supreme legislative power shall rest in the King.

Change in this fundamental law may be made only by the King with the advice and consent of three quarters of the member of the Privy council.