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Pascal did not need to wait for his coronation


This film implies the power of the sovereign becomes manifest at the moment of coronation. This is not in fact true; under the UK's constitution the powers of the monarch transfer at the moment of death of the previous incumbent, or in this case, her abdication. So Pascal could have put into motion his fiendish plan to turn the UK into a prison colony the moment HM the Queen signed her rights away.

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