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Royal Seal took place today, with only five projects to approve.  They were not approved or reviewed as further details were needed.  

The Royal Monarch, Arun Sandhya will consider them for approval next week. 

Royal Seal and UK Policy Proposals have been cancelled until 09/04/2026. 

UK Policy Proposals shall resume on 9th April 2026.   UK Royal Seal to resume on 14th April 2025.  

The break is due to funding considerations.  Projects are underway and are expected to continue.  The first Royal Seal will be to review Projects progress, and other matters. 

Though Royal Seal has not taken place, the preceeding  legislation has still passed into statute.

Royal Seal and UK Policy Proposals have been cancelled until 31/03/2026.  

The project work is underway, and that is the primary focus. 

Events in the news, regarding the war in the Middle East, and incidents of hate crimes, are worrying for us all. 

Cost of living is being affected.

Whilst not being involved in offensive action, the UK needs to defend its citizens so is working with the diplomats to encourage a swift end to the war.    

Royal Seal today focused on a possible policy to be proposed for the issues with RF financial transactions, and the lack of transparency.

Today on Policy Proposals though there was no call, there were submissions as below: 

Project Proposals submitted: 5 

There are expected another five next week. 

For details of the project proposals you can email contact@ukcounsel.org.

UK Royal Seal was cancelled today, due to events in the Middle East.  The projects and programs's budget has been cleared, however each project has to be approved.   

Policy Proposals included Chagos Islands policy proposals.

The type of arrangement was discussed. 

Firstly however the introduction clarified the status of sovereignty. 

Sovereignty of The Chagos Islands was with King George VI, and has now passed to his natural heir, Arun Sandhya. 

The Chagos Islands sovereignty is not tied to the UK entity at all.  

Once that was understood, the actions required were clear. 

UK needed to pay the Sovereign of the Chagos Islands, a sum, as a transaction. 

UK now needs to let the Chagos Islands run themselves.   The sovereign of Chagos Island remains, with Queen Arun Sandhya.

It was agreed Eire sovereignty is with the Queen Arun Sandhya governed by UK government.

Domestic policies were not discussed today, as they are going through approval processes.

Royal Seal saw three policies for review today. 

SEND Policy proposal so far REJECTED.  There is a case for an intervention as budget has exceeded expected amounts.   An incident report has been requested to look into the situation further as an emergency measure.   Further to this, policy revisions will be made once the issues are fully understood including capacity for local authorities and schools to provide facilities and staff. 

UK Policy on Palestine/Middle East - maintains its non-interventionist stance.  It is the wish of the Monarch, that we see all the communities attain a good stand of living, and are supportive in this effort by listening to the needs of UK citizens that have interests in the area, so petitions and engagement will take place, with any suggestions will be conveyed to the Living Standard discussion process. 

UK Tax Policy - minor revisions were made on this, namely an increase in the personal allowance.  Approved. The approved UK Tax policy can be found here

No policy proposals this week.  However, there were multiple project initiation documents to be reviewed, so the time was spent on that instead.  

It was agreed that project initiations would be completed in time for next weeks meeting.