The British Parliament is no exception but has grown out of centuries of political struggles and the pragmatism of the British people. That political power in Britain shifted from the monarch to Parliament at a relatively early date in Britain not only allowed later monarchs to escape the gruesome fate met by many of their relatives on the continent since then, but also ensured their presence down to the present day.
儘管有人把民主母國的國會歷史遠遠上溯到亞瑟王時代，但其間由雛型到成熟，尤其與皇權的爭鬥，也好比一段八千里路雲和月。而皇室終於交出實權的智舉，不但使他們至今享盡榮華，免受歐洲堂表親戚們走上斷頭台的悲慘結局；更教大英子民為這段光榮傳統驕傲不已。