Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I've tried to find the definition of an allegiance and the best that I can find is that it is a formal promise.

As we all know, promises can be and are broken. If this is done whilst serving it could have serious consequences in moral and trust, so I can see that it would be punishable.

If the allegiance is broken after leaving the armed forces it isn't nearly as problematic, so that's probably why legislation has never been introduced to enable enforcement.

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Will the Queens sons & grandsons have to guard the coffin in shifts until the day of the funeral? I remember them doing this for the Queen Mother.

I do think it odd that Charles became King tje moment his mother died.

You'd think that there would be a period to allow him to mourn before being required to jump into her shoes.

I imagine that this is a hangover from the days before Parliament and they didn't want to create a power vacuum and for operational reasons by not having a King or Queen in place.

We've effectively had to manage without a Government for a while, so I don't see why this cannot be amended in the modern age.