Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 3024 queen’s pleasure (3)

  Since the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties, the court has always been the "heart" of England, and all the blood of England flows towards it. Surrounding the king were bishops, lawyers, learned writers, poets, explorers, artists, but also gamblers, fallen nobles whose lands had been confiscated, and charlatans masquerading as astrologers. All these people sought the king's favor at court, and wherever the king went, he attracted a crowd to follow him, even in the time of Elizabeth I, and not being at court was like a curse of eternal punishment.

  Elizabeth I's mother was the famous Anne Boleyn, and her successor was Mary Stuart's son James Stuart.

  There are already so many heirs, Elizabeth I can choose at will, why should she risk her life to have one?

   On the contrary, there is only one throne, and how many people squeezed their heads to wear that crown.

  The church did not recognize the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. They did not even recognize Henry VIII's divorce from the first queen, let alone crown Elizabeth I, which led to Elizabeth I being in an "illegal" position.

  The queen is more focused on consolidating her own ruling power. She knows how to be loved by her subjects, and she can also use her marriage as a bargaining chip to balance power between the two great powers of France and Spain, seeking the greatest benefits for the United Kingdom.

  Queen Anne was the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty. She married Prince George of Denmark and had 17 children, but all of them were short-lived.

   This couple is a bit "indifferent to the world". It is said that drinking tea is popular in Queen Anne's court, and she prefers to discuss London gossip with the ladies at the tea table.

  A poet also wrote satirical poems. Although the satirical poems he wrote may only be understood by himself, it is hard not to talk about them when people get together, and then these people bring the information they got at the tea table and pass it on to other tea tables.

  Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent, was married twice and had three children. It was not easy for her to bring up the three children. Although her brother Leopold helped her deal with debts and her daughter’s inheritance, women always needed someone to accompany them.

   Gradually, the palace began to spread the ambiguity between her and Sir John Conroy, and when the adults said this, they did not shy away from the little princess, and Victoria began to distance herself from the Duchess of Kent, even though Victoria shared a bedroom with her when she was a child.

  Before the 19th century, people had no concept of defamation. Even after the "Defamation Act" was promulgated in 1847, judges would not prohibit the publication of a certain book or article before trial.

   This is provided for by Title IX of the Bill of Rights of 1689, which prevents any court from charging or challenging the freedoms of speech and debate or parliamentary matters.

  In English common law, "truth" cannot be used as a defense to defamation charges, and the establishment of defamation needs to prove the existence of "actual harm" before it can be litigated.

  Even if it is a defamatory work, the court cannot restrict its publication. When the publisher can use compensation to compensate the personal reputation, the court will pay more attention to the value of freedom of speech and freedom of the press, unless it involves public interests. The defendant wants to defend with legal actions and demand fair comments, but also needs to prove that it is related to the public interest, and "truth" can be used as a defense ground.

   That is to say, even if the article written by Rita Kiest is not true, the court cannot prohibit her from writing it, not to mention that the circulation of the Daily Prophet is so much lower than that of the Times Daily, the court will not consider this kind of request that is considered to be "little harm".

   So what if you don't go to the Muggle court, but to the wizard's court?

  The plaintiff also has to prove that because of Rita Kiester’s article, he was in a situation of “being hated, ridiculed or despised”. In a world where Muggle-borns are dominated by pure-bloods, even if there is no Rita Kiester’s article, how can he prove that the harm he suffered was caused by Rita Kiester’s article?

  Since it cannot be proved, there is no sue for defamation, and the damage to reputation can be compensated by damages, which are usually settled out of court.

  The public interest includes many things, including public order. In theory, written defamation should be included in the criminal law, but criminal punishment is rarely initiated due to written defamation. On the contrary, it is a criminal offense that a fan utters vulgar and inflammatory shouts on the stadium during the game, causing a stadium riot, because his speech poses a threat to public security.

  Severus Snape was exempted from interrogation because of Albus Dumbledore's protection, he is considered to be Albus Dumbledore's personal spy.

   But Albus Dumbledore is the chief mage of the Wizengamot, but not a judge, let alone a king. Who gave him the power to protect people?

   Or is he trying to become the "ruler" (ruler) of the wizarding world like his "old friend"?

  Of course such words would not appear in the newspapers, but they were spread by word of mouth and spread everywhere.

  The news about his younger brother Aberforth Dumbledore appeared in the newspaper. Rita Kiester knew how to control the "property", but she couldn't get real evidence while making people imagine. Obviously, her "writing skills" improved after she went to the International Federation of Wizards.

   As for the Inspector-General’s injunction to prohibit newspapers from publishing books written by ex-MI5 agents, when private confidentiality obligations, the public interest in secrecy, and the public interest in disclosing information conflict, the courts cannot prohibit newspaper reports, taking into account Article 10 of the European Bill of Human Rights, nor can they rule that newspapers need the prior consent of the Attorney-General and the court to publish such information.

   Limiting the filing of leak lawsuits can limit the release of secrets by the government. Newspapers in Switzerland's "Last Witch Case" have released some of the dossiers, clearing the case for the falsely accused woman.

  So this piece of legislation has become a tool for disclosing classified information to disloyal security service personnel.

   Whether or not to publish top-secret files is the responsibility of the newspaper itself. If a newspaper violates its confidentiality obligation, it will be sanctioned for contempt of court.

  For example, the list of those working in the secret intelligence department, the Order of the Phoenix once leaked the list, resulting in the killing of a large number of members.

   Of course, keeping secrets is different from "speaking freely" while drinking tea, not to mention that Prince Albert is not even qualified to "sit down". If Prince Albert couldn't help in the matter of having children, Queen Victoria couldn't help in this area either.

  When the queen is unable to handle many political affairs in person due to pregnancy and other issues, of course someone needs to do it for her. In fact, from 1689 to 1832, the monarch still had a lot of power. Because the number of voters was small, the favor of the king could determine the success or failure of the Whig Party and the Tory Party in the general election. The 1832 Reform Act not only eliminated corrupt constituencies, but also provided more voters. Official positions and favors could not affect the election results.

  In addition, although the qualifications of voters have changed, the power of the nobility has not been reduced because of the reform. Instead, it has determined the process for the House of Lords to review and amend bills proposed by the House of Commons. Rather than having time to entangle the scandal between the queen and the prime minister, the prince might as well think about how to break this deadlock. Besides, after the "Regent Act" was proposed, it was not that no one raised objections. One of the Queen's uncles, Augustus Frederick, was very unsupportive and interrupted the approval of the House of Commons. His attitude was not relieved until the Queen granted his second commoner wife the title of Duchess, and then Prince Albert "for the first time" sat in the armchair next to Queen Victoria and shared the treatment of the monarch.

  Before the hospital began to popularize hand washing, it was called the "death house", and mothers would rather give birth at home than go to the hospital.

  Queen Victoria delivered her first child, a girl, and everything went so well that the Regency Act seemed destined to be shelved if the Queen didn't get pregnant again so soon.

  Going to work in the palace will definitely involve a lot of secrets. Fortunately, this matter is beyond Pomona's ability. Apart from giving advice, she has nothing to do with it.

  When a person is "invulnerable", people tend to start from his side. Barty Crouch Sr. was once a candidate for the Minister of Magic, not because his son was implicated.

  The current female minister of magic has also reached retirement age, if it wasn't for the war, she would have been replaced.

   There are so many nosy things in the air, why not check yourself, so as not to become a "flaw".

   "What were you thinking?" Severus asked.

  Pomona thought of Rita Kiester's overly affected face.

   “Even if I had to wear makeup, I wouldn’t wear it like hers!” says Pomona.

   "Who is she?" he asked lazily.

   "My archenemy," Pomona said, gulping down the wine in his glass.

  It was sweeter than she expected, more like grape juice.

   "Is this sherry?" asked Pomona.

   "No, it's made by house-elves." Severus said, "Do you like it?"

   Although she didn't know why the elf gave him his own brew, she passed the glass to him to fill it up.

  This sweet wine should not be intoxicating.

  (end of this chapter)