Most Excellent Majesty

Most Excellent Majesty is a form of address in the United Kingdom. It is mainly used in Acts of Parliament, where the phrase "the Queen's [King's] most Excellent Majesty" is used in the enacting clause.

The standard is as follows:

“

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-[1]

”

See also

• Forms of address in the United Kingdom
• List of enacting clauses
• Style of the British Sovereign

References

1. ^ "Equality Act 2010". HM Government. 2010. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2010/ukpga_20100015_en_1#Legislation-Preamble. Retrieved 29-Jun-2010. 

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