Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wrong

The king (or queen) can do no wrong.

“It seems incredible that we should have to remind Lord Redesdale that the sovereign can do no wrong.' simply because the sovereign can do nothing except by and with the advice and consent of the ministers of the Crown.” —The Times.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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