British officials admitted Tuesday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown could arrive at the EU summit this afternoon with the Lisbon Treaty ratified. The news that Britain is on the cusp of ratifying the treaty soothed Europhiles, many of whom are still reeling from last Thursday’s shellacking at the hands of feisty Irish Euroskeptics.

Last week, the bill, called the European Union (Amendment) Bill, that paves the way for Britain to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon was approved by the House of Commons. Yesterday it was debated, voted on and approved by the upper house of Parliament, the House of Lords. With the treaty approved by the majority of British politicians, one procedure stands in the way of its speedy ratification: royal assent.

“If the upper house of Britain’s Parliament does approve it, the bill could in theory be ratified in a process called royal assent at 11 a.m. Thursday,” stated a spokesman for the Foreign Office. If that happens, Prime Minister Brown would receive a hero’s welcome when he arrives in Brussels for the EU summit later today.

Now, the only thing standing between British sovereignty and British subservience is Buckingham Palace.

Royal assent is the last stage in Britain’s legislative process, and is one of Parliament’s oldest proceedings. Upon being passed in both houses of Parliament, a bill must receive royal approval before it becomes an Act of Parliament and can be enacted as law. Under modern law, it is ultimately legislatively impossible for Queen Elizabeth ii to stop ratification of the bill that would make the Treaty of Lisbon British law.

That said, a royal veto by the queen would make the road to ratification a treacherous, destabilizing and potentially fatal journey.

Royal assent gives the British monarchy the unique opportunity (and responsibility) to voice its opinion on the creation of British law. Queen Elizabeth brandishes a potent political sword. Will she strike the Europhiles across the Channel? Or will she strike the deathblow to British sovereignty and the independence of the British people? “Perhaps only Queen Elizabeth ii can rescue her realm from the baleful Treaty of Lisbon,” lamented British historian and author Stephen Webbe earlier this year. “She could veto it when it comes to her for royal assent and—sensationally—declare that she’s not prepared to see her proud, independent, liberty-loving country swallowed up by an arrogant, authoritarian and unloved European superstate.”

Royal dissent would undoubtedly delay speedy ratification of the Lisbon Treaty—it would embolden the opposition, throw the legislative process into a frenzy, and quite likely provide a royal spark to the largest Euroskeptical timebomb in Britain: the British public!

Royal assent, on the other hand, would be the last nail in the coffin carrying British national sovereignty!

Queen Elizabeth ii is right now facing what could perhaps be the most important decision of her 56-year reign. Her Majesty can join the ranks of British Europhiles, reject popular opinion and agree to Britain’s capitulation to what many now freely admit is a wholly undemocratic, fledgling Catholic-dominated European superstate. Or, Britain’s sovereign can choose the valiant route traveled by past monarchs and rally to the defense of British sovereignty seeking to preserve the judicial, military, political, social and religious independence of the sceptered isle.

Britain’s fate, to a larger extent than many realize, now lies in the hands of Queen Elizabeth ii!

Thirty-six years ago, in October 1972, Queen Elizabeth ii gave royal assent to the European Communities Act, by which Britain entered the European Common Market. During her 1972 Christmas radio broadcast, one month before Britain entered the Common Market, the queen tried to assuage her people’s concerns about joining the bloc by assuring them that it would not handicap the unity and power of the British Empire. In his respected biography of Queen Elizabeth ii, historian Ben Pimlott, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, respectfully analyzes the error in Queen Elizabeth’s thinking: “The truth about signing the accession treaty, as everybody in politics appreciated, was that it constituted the most decisive step yet in the progressive severance of ‘familial’ ties between Britain and its former empire ….”

Pimlott continued:

So far from the Common Market bringing two “families” together, it precipitated—if not a divorce—a diaspora, fragmenting the unity of the queen’s present and former realms. In addition, the treaty dealt a death blow to the traditional doctrine of the constitutional entity known as the Queen-in-Parliament. It raised but did not answer the question of the future role of a British “sovereign” in a Europe that was certain to make increasing demands on British sovereignty.

Britain’s entrance into the European Common Market—eagerly facilitated by Prime Minister Edward Heath, a wily Europhile, and approved by Queen Elizabethii—not only precipitated the dissolution of the Commonwealth, it cracked open the door through which armies of European elitists could progressively and steadily attack and undermine British sovereignty!

The Treaty of Lisbon is the result of that sustained, cunning assault!

Over the past 36 years, the European Common Market has transformed from primarily an economic coalition into an authoritarian political behemoth bent on stealing the sovereign rights and responsibilities of Europe’s national governments and vesting political, moral and judicial power into the hands of elites in Brussels.

Thirty-six years ago, a much younger Queen Elizabeth ii supported the Heath government’s agenda to anchor Britain to the developing Euromachine. Today, Her Majesty is older and wiser. Assuredly, her vast connections across Britain and the Continent, not to mention her front-row seat in Buckingham Palace, have kept her well apprised of the cunning foxes at work in Brussels. The queen is undoubtedly aware that the English Channel, figuratively speaking, is narrower than it ever has been, a result of Britain being aligned and incorporated into European institutions and functions more now than ever. Without doubt, she has explored the multiple intricacies of the Lisbon Treaty, and knows precisely how they would impact the sovereign independence of her beloved nation.

This time around, Queen Elizabeth ii knows exactly what’s at stake for Britain if it ratifies the Treaty of Lisbon!

For hundreds of years, Britain’s fate, especially in relation to the Continent, has hinged on the strength, the ambition and the leadership of the British royal family. The monarchy has been the tireless backbone of Britain, the unfailing institution underpinning Britain’s national success and its national character.

Be it King John and the Magna Carta, Henry viii and the Act of Supremacy, or William of Orange and the Bill of Rights, the British monarchy has been at the vanguard of Britain’s (and the world’s) judicial and political development. The Magna Carta, a revolutionary legal charter signed and sanctioned by England’s King John in 1215 to provide a framework for relations between king and country, has inspired nearly all modern democracies and their constitutions, as well as America’s Declaration of Independence. Contrary to the drivel of post-modern, politically correct historians, Britain has a glorious history of bringing other nations under its political, legislative, social and economic umbrella, whereby they often grew to become wealthy, highly successful, well-respected sovereign states.

Queen Elizabeth ii will turn her back on this majestic history if she sanctions the Lisbon Treaty and subjects British law to European law!

Whether they were bold military geniuses saving England from death or fortresses of inspiration for a discouraged nation, the royals have played a critical role in every major military conflict Britain has entered. During the Hundred Years’ War, it was King Henry v who displayed military genius and courageous leadership against the French in the decisive battle of Agincourt. During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Britain rescued more than a few European states from the hands of tyranny. After World War ii, Winston Churchill heaped praise on Elizabeth’s father, King George vi, for being a towering pillar of strength, courage and faith for his people during the second great war.

British monarchs inspiring and leading their people against attacks on British sovereignty by dark European forces is a reoccurring theme of British history!

Queen Elizabeth ii will trample on those glorious accomplishments and successes of her forefathers if she capitulates to Brussels, sanctions the Lisbon Treaty and subjects the nation of Britain to the undemocratic rule of European leaders!

Watch this event closely: The decision to approve or reject Britain’s adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon is a litmus test that will reveal the moral health and strength of the British monarchy.

How much does Her Majesty cherish British sovereignty?

Few people today realize the deep significance and importance of the British royal family. It is one of the least-understood and most-underrated institutions on Earth. The British monarchy is an international enigma, a mystery that stretches into the murky annals of history. It is imperative that you come to understand the divine and majestic history and, more importantly, the thrilling, hope-filled future of the British monarchy. World history speaks to the central role of the British royal family in Western civilization. So does your Bible, in even more explicit and exciting detail!

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Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth ii faces perhaps the most important decision of her impressive 56-year reign!