 The monarch could force the dissolution of Parliament through a refusal of royal assent ; this would inevitably lead to a government resigning . By convention , the monarch always <unk> to bills ; the last time the royal assent was not given was in <unk> during the reign of Queen Anne . This does not mean that the right to refuse has died : George V believed he could veto the Third Irish Home Rule Bill ; Jennings writes that " it was assumed by the King throughout that he had not only the legal power but the constitutional right to refuse assent " . The royal prerogative to dissolve Parliament was <unk> by the Fixed @-@ term <unk> Act 2011 . Section 6 ( 1 ) of the Act however specifically states that the monarch 's power to <unk> Parliament is not affected by the Act . 
