Reported claimRated This is false. There is no such thing as the “sovereign safeguard authority” and the British monarch does not have the power to take control of a city from a democratically elected politician. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “King Charles has bypassed Parliament to freeze the powers of London’s mayor Sadiq Khan, by invoking a power called the “sovereign safeguard authority”, which has effectively halted the mayor’s control over the capital.” This is false. There is no such thing as the “sovereign safeguard authority” and the British monarch does not have the power to take control of a city from a democratically elected politician..
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